[00:00:04] Broadcasting live from atop the Rocky Mountains, the crossroads of the West, you are listening to the Liberty Roundtable Radio Talk Show. Happy to have you along, my fellow Americans, Sam Bushman, Lowell Nelson, CampaignForLiberty.org, breaking down incredible news that the network's refused to use. Vote no whenever you see a judge if you don't know what their record is.
[00:00:32] If you can, find out what their record is and vote the truth. But if you can't, nine times out of ten, they're selling you down the river politically while behind the scenes kind of, you know, hanging out as a judge. Oh, we're not political. You know, don't really worry about us. They have a big sway on what happens in the country today.
[00:00:50] Make no mistake. We've learned that during the Trump administrations where these judges have been literally activists from the bench and have literally sold America down the river time and time again with their lawfare, with their manipulations of the law. They think the law is them. And the answer is we should be impeaching some of these judges as well. But when you get a chance, folks, learn about them and vote them out, would you please? In Utah specifically, vote no on Judge Jill Pullman. Just say no.
[00:01:20] OK, Eagle Forum gets credit for that one. We need more information on these judges. And if we don't have it, vote them all out. That's what I'm saying, because it's the easiest way. And you say, well, what if we get a worse one? If you don't know what you're talking about, the chances of that happening are pretty slim because the longer they're there, the worse they seem to get. Vote as if the Constitution depended on it. But yeah, John and Nisha Whitehead doing a phenomenal job. And they make this fundamental point.
[00:01:47] After all, the real betrayal of America is not questioning those in power. It is surrendering our principles to keep them there. Amen to that. Andrew Napolitano follows it up with our failed Constitution. A great article. I really agree with Andrew Napolitano all the time. But I want to change his headline. It's not the failed Constitution. It's our failed people.
[00:02:14] We've failed to demand that the Constitution is adhered to and obeyed and carried out. The Constitution cannot save a people who have abandoned the principles from which it sprang. Amen to that. And that is the quintessential point. And Napolitano points that out. I just think his headline, we want to make that very clear.
[00:02:38] Ultimately, liberty survives only when the, well, people insist that they obey the supreme law of the land and live within their constitutional limits. The whole point of the Constitution is to chain them down and make sure no one gains too much power. Lowell Nelson? Yeah, and the problem is that we the people have not done our job to keep the public servants to following the Constitution.
[00:03:04] The Constitution hasn't been followed for years, decades, centuries even. One of the first things that they did in 1798, the Alien and Sedition Acts. These were, I think, three or four different acts of Congress that criminalized the criticisms of government officials in spite of the First Amendment protection of speech.
[00:03:28] And even before that, one that Judge Napolitano does not mention, but which I'm aware of, is the Judiciary Act of 1794, where they gave the federal judiciary a veto over state law. And that's been one of the biggest problems that has caused the erosion of our Constitution over the years is the federal negative of a state action.
[00:03:57] Well, continuing on down the chronology here of this erosion, during the Civil War, the Lincoln administration suspended habeas corpus, imposed military dictatorships which arrested civilians, and directed armies to murder civilians. Well, fortunately, the Supreme Court invalidated Lincoln's arrest, but that did not stop Woodrow Wilson from arresting those who verbally opposed the draft.
[00:04:26] Didn't stop Congress from establishing administrative state as the fourth and unaccountable branch of government. Didn't stop FDR from arresting Japanese Americans for being Japanese Americans. I have visited the prison camp here in Utah, Sam, a couple of times, where Japanese Americans were held in prison during World War II, just because they were Japanese Americans.
[00:04:52] Even though they were legal and supportive citizens of the United States, they got thrown in jail for several years of World War II. Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, which is how we got a central bank with power to create money out of thin air, which enables Congress to spend as much money as they want or on whatever they want, even though doing so weakens the purchasing power, the money that you have earned,
[00:05:22] and which passes those costs on to unborn generations that will follow us. The National Security Act of 1947 created the CIA and established the national security state as the fifth branch of government, truly unaccountable. And sadly, neither party, by the way, really balked at any of this, right? That's right. And if you balked at it, you were outside of the party permission network. In other words, you were considered a nut, extreme.
[00:05:51] You can't say that. Don't do that. Don't you dare. Or wait a minute. Hold on. It's not our fault. It's the other guy's fault. Whatever. But none of them have been willing to call a spade a spade on any of these topics, all of which have been absolutely destroying the country and leading us away from the supreme law of the land. That's absolutely right, Sam. You and I both know the CIA was supposed to just gather intelligence. That was all its job was when they first conceived that agency.
[00:06:20] But instead, it has been an engine for secret interventions, regime change operations, murders, and torture. Quoting Napolitano here, he says, quote, The republic that once warned against standing armies and foreign entanglements is now a failing empire that thrives on both. End of quote. Sad but true. Now we come up to the Patriot Act of 2001.
[00:06:48] That act extended this pattern into domestic warrantless surveillance. And so today, the intelligence community captures every keystroke, every conversation you make, that's transmitted on fiber optic cables anywhere in the United States. Judge Knapp writes, quote, Government restricts speech in the name of stability. It expands executive power in the name of war. It weakens monetary discipline in the name of economic management.
[00:07:18] It conducts secret operations in the name of security. And it broadens surveillance in the name of preventing terrorism. Each measure arrives with an explanation, and each emergency is declared exceptional. And yet, the accumulated result is a government more powerful and a citizen less secure in his liberty. End of quote. And none of this is permitted by the states who ratified the Constitution.
[00:07:44] Sam, not a single one of these things that I've mentioned was permitted by the Constitution. Right? And so when I say permitted by the states who ratified the Constitution, I mean that. Because the government, the general government was created by the states. And they agreed on this compact, the Constitution, and said, look, the new government, this new general government, it's not going to do anything outside the bounds of this Constitution. You're right.
[00:08:12] In the case of so-called the 16th Amendment was ratified with the taxing supposed authority or, you know, some of these other things. You know, many of these things were never even properly ratified, Lowell. They've just been kind of pushed onto the people. The people don't really know the difference is the problem, and that's why they accept them. But a lot of these things, especially, for example, the money. You know, you pervert the money, and then you give the federal government fake money authority or fiat money authority over the states. Now, all the states are in debt. The federal government, the states were supposed to balance their budgets.
[00:08:42] You know, there was ways for stability in this country, but we've betrayed them all. And so Judge Nabalitano is right that it's failed, but it hasn't failed because of the supreme law of the land, and it hasn't failed because of our founding fathers. It's failed because we have been derelict in our duty on our watch. That's the bottom line, and I don't mean each individual. I'm not attacking a person.
[00:09:05] But I am attacking parties, and I am attacking the general generational group thing that has betrayed this country. We've done it to ourselves, Lowell. We have no one to blame but ourselves. Mm-hmm. Yeah, and one of the last things he wrote in his column here is, quote,
[00:09:35] End of quote. So exactly what you said, Sam, liberty is only going to survive if we, the people, insist that our public servants follow the Constitution. And I do want to praise Judge Knapp. In his column, he does say that. So he does understand, and he does clarify that. I just want to make sure at the onset, if you just read the headline, our failed Constitution, we've got to understand, the Constitution doesn't fail.
[00:10:05] The time-tested principles articulated therein or expounded upon therein are true principles. They work. They come from the Bible. They come from God Almighty. And they can chain down those who would destroy liberty. They can stop despots and professional do-gooders. They can chain down those who would do us harm. But we must apply it.
[00:10:31] And when it goes south, what we can't do is look to the Constitution and act like it's the problem. That's another mistake. Whenever it goes south, a lot of politicians or a lot of people look at the Constitution and blame the Constitution. Blame the principles. That's, in my opinion, the fly in the oint, but that's the real problem. When we come back, Lowell Nelson, CampaignForLiberty.org. Yours truly, break it down. Hey. Should we just abolish it all?
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[00:12:16] The solution to so many of our problems, at all times and in all places, is to fall in love, get married, and have some kids. Well, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome back. We're talking hard-hitting news here that other networks refuse to use.
[00:12:42] I'm Lowell Nelson, co-hosting this morning with Sam Bushman, your real host. I love all the great opportunity, the great news that he brings to the table day after day, week after week. Shall we get rid of it all? Well, the Abolition Manifesto's Dedication and Preface is a little column by Murray Sabrin.
[00:13:07] Apparently, Murray Sabrin is writing a book called The Abolition Manifesto because this column is his dedication and preface for it. We'll learn in a second what he wants to abolish. And you know Murray's been on this program with us several times, and he's a dear friend, by the way. Oh, yeah. I did not know that, Sam, but I'm happy to hear that. I know that he's a great friend to Tom Woods and, you know, that group of liberty-minded people. He's a true friend of liberty because he grew up without it and knows what the real world's like, ladies and gentlemen.
[00:13:36] So he prizes the sacred cause of liberty. But look, he brings out a fundamental point in this, that oftentimes we just think reform, reform, reform. And the reality is that has been a failure. Again, the Constitution is not a failure. But this idea that we can just reform forever, the only way is to abolish unconstitutional government. I don't know what you want to call them. Everything, if you will. Lowell? Lowell? Yeah.
[00:14:02] Well, and in his dedication, he surfaces the fact that he did come from a totalitarian government. He says, quote, this is part of the dedication, quote, To the memory of my parents and the millions who suffered under the tyranny of totalitarian governments, and to all Americans who deserve to live in a country where individual liberty, personal responsibility,
[00:14:29] sound money, peace, voluntary cooperation, and constitutional government are not forgotten ideals, but living principles. May this manifesto help inspire the peaceful abolition of the welfare warfare state and the restoration of a free America. End of quote. And so we learned that he, his parents and members of his family, they were murdered in Poland during World War II.
[00:14:57] He is the son of immigrants, basically, when you think about it. And it makes me recall, you know, the show that you do, Sam, with Ask an Immigrant. That is a great show. Sometimes our immigrants are the best and greatest proponents of freedom that we have springing up around us
[00:15:24] because they have suffered under authoritarian regimes. They know what it's like to lose their liberty. You know, we've had several speakers at the Highland Meetings who have lived in Cuba or in China, you know, where they didn't have any freedom. And they are some of the greatest proponents of liberty that we have around us. Now, not all immigrants are that way. A lot of the illegals, they don't care. But some of the very best are these who have lived under authoritarian rule,
[00:15:54] and they fled that environment to come to America. And that's Murray Sabrin. He's one of the few that really understands the threat of totalitarian government. Like the phrase goes, he's one of the good ones, Lowell. Yeah, he's absolutely one of the good ones. He said that more than 50 years ago is when he began to seek to understand why some societies are free and prosperous
[00:16:21] and some are poor, authoritarian, and dependent on the government. Why did he do this? Well, he was a son of the Holocaust survivors, right? Members of his family were murdered in Poland during World War II. He never had the opportunity to know aunts and uncles and grandparents because they were among those who perished. Growing up with that family history left him with a profound appreciation for the uniqueness of America
[00:16:47] and for the importance of protecting individual liberty from the arbitrary exercise of government power. He studied the writings of Murray Rothbard, of Ludwig von Mises, and Henry Hazlitt. He came to understand that, quote, liberty cannot survive if government is continually expanding its claims over our property, our economic decisions, and our personal lives. End of quote.
[00:17:16] Murray, he studied George Washington's warnings about entangling alliances. He studied Thomas Jefferson's vision of peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations. He studied many of these great writers, the writers of the founders and the framers. And that influenced his commitment to non-interventionist foreign policy. I think Ron Paul had a big influence on him as well. Quote,
[00:17:42] A government that is supposed to protect liberty at home should not be constantly intervening abroad. End of quote. That sounds like something Ron Paul would say. Amen to that. Now, over the decades, Murray Sabrin watched the welfare state expand, taxes grow, regulations multiply, and what began as limited government gradually became the welfare warfare state. And then he reaches the heart of the matter, Sam. He says, quote,
[00:18:11] For many years, the conventional response to this expansion was reform. Make government more efficient. Elect better politicians. Reduce the waste. Balance the budget. Reform welfare. Reform the tax code. Reform the Federal Reserve Act oversight. Strengthen regulation. End of quote. But, ladies and gentlemen, Murray now believes this approach asks the wrong question.
[00:18:38] The central problem is not creating a well-managed government. The deeper problem is that government has assumed responsibilities that belong to individuals, to families, to markets, and to voluntary institutions in the first place. So instead of asking how government can work better, we should ask, why should government be doing this at all?
[00:18:59] Quote, when an institution systematically violates the principles on which a free society rests, endlessly reforming it can become a way of preserving it. End of quote. Boy, that is an insightful statement. Yeah, they wanted to get rid of sex education, and then they said, oh, but if we get a chunk of money for abstinence only, see, now you got the abstinence only people saying, well, we got to keep that. We have a chunk of change tied to it, too. That's an example of what we're talking about.
[00:19:28] Government shouldn't be involved in it at all. A free society requires free people. Free people require property rights. Voluntary exchange. Personal responsibility. Right? This is what we're talking about, folks. We need to eliminate unconstitutional federal spending. So get rid of the monetary monopoly of the Federal Reserve. Get rid of the income and the payroll taxes.
[00:19:55] Dismantle the machinery of government welfare, corporate subsidies, and return America foreign policy to a non-interventionist foundation. These are the things we've got to do. And until we do that, we're not going to make much progress because we're just going to decide to do it. Republican style or Democrat style. They just have different approaches. The Republicans are more fascist in their nature. The Democrats are more socialist in their nature. But the bottom line is all roads lead to communism in that scenario, lol. They really do.
[00:20:25] And the only way is what Sabrin is talking about, which is we need to abolish those things that government has no authority over in the first place. Absolutely right, Sam. So when he talks about getting rid of all of it, he's not talking about getting rid of our constitutional government, but he's talking about getting rid of the unconstitutional agencies and bureaucracies and regulations and laws and judicial opinions and all of that that constitute unconstitutional government.
[00:20:55] That's what we're going to get rid of.
[00:21:25] However, I do believe, though, that we need to absolutely have the abolition manifesto relating to things that the government has no authority over in the first place. And the sooner the better, lol. Yeah. Well, if he, when time around comes for a visit, if he comes, then let me know. I'd love to meet him and shake his hand because this type of person is a rare bird in our society nowadays. Well, and a blessing.
[00:21:54] This is why we need a mercy and a justice plan for immigrants, the justice for those who are criminals and bad guys and mercy for the people like Brother Sabrin that's doing a phenomenal job understanding the sacred cause of liberty and articulating that and advocating for that in very powerful, productive, solution oriented ways, which I'm really excited to see. Before the end of the hour, I need to mention Donald Trump was at a rally yesterday. He brought Nicki Minaj on the stage. There was jokes about her becoming the next press secretary.
[00:22:23] But I want to give a big old shame to the Donald. First off, he's a married man. But married or not, Trump praises Nicki Minaj's backside. Nicki Minaj joined President Trump for the rally. She said, go Trump. We love Trump and everything else. But during Trump's remarks, he called her backside one heck of a beautiful A. And he asked her to stand up. And OK, as president, married man or not, you don't do that as president of the free world.
[00:22:51] You don't do that as a married man. Shame on you, Donald Trump. Absolutely shame on you. You know, I don't I don't understand, you know, a man like that. Even you can think it. But where's your where's your appropriate behavior in front of men and women and children and these things? And to do this just degrades women, focuses on them as sex symbols or what and how. I mean, what a shame on Donald. Well, yeah, I had no idea. That's what he said or what that doesn't.
[00:23:21] And I've got the video on the soundbite of it and everything else. But I'm just telling you, he literally said you got a beautiful A. Stand up. Show everybody. You can't miss it. It's awesome. It's incredible. You know, focusing on the wrong thing there, Sam. Shame on President Trump for that. And this is the problem, folks. When we're an immoral people. You are not going to have stability in the country. You are not going to have a safe nation. You are not going to have a constitutional republic based on sacred principle.
[00:23:52] OK, I'm just telling you. So we need to become a moral people again, ladies and gentlemen. And the sooner we do that, the better. We need to jettison government where government has no delegated authority. We need to do it ASAP. Lowell Nelson, thank you, sir. You're welcome, Sam. Good to be with you. Appreciate you. Lowell Nelson doing a phenomenal job for CampaignForLiberty.org. As always, on your radio, spread the word. Share the love. Join CampaignForLiberty.org right away.
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