Constitution

When our founding fathers wrote and signed the Constitution, they probably wanted us to follow the rules.  They wrote the Constitution so that we would have guidelines to follow, they probably knew that if the future Americans followed the rules in the Constitution we would become a great nation.  But some of our presidents didn’t always refer to the Constitution. When Franklin Roosevelt was president, (during the Russo-Japanese war) put all of the people who looked even remotely   Japanese in concentration camps. You might think that it doesn’t sound that bad but by doing this he went against the constitution.  He broke the 6^th Amendment that states: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district where in the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously as certained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defiance.”. He put them in Concentration camps without giving them a fair trial. How do you think that this made the Japanese-Americans feel? Do you think that they respected the leaders of America? I mean most of them loved America just as much as the next American and they would never betray their country.  I think that the only Japanese people that should’ve gone to “jail” are the ones that gave out information to the enemy.  We took them from their homes, their friends and pets.  That’s like putting someone in jail because their last name is the same as a murderer.  The people that “founded” this great nation didn’t write a constitution just for it to sit around and gather dust, they wrote it for us to use and live by.  I believe that before any leaders make laws or take action for anything they should make sure it does not contradict with the Constitution. If it does I believe that it should not become a law or take place.  Ask yourself this, are our leaders abiding by the rules that are in the Constitution?

-Bwdlake