Neighborhood Ministries

A-D (6/6/2024) We are entering another Presidential election year. The President not only guides the country, he also appoints federal judges and Supreme Court Justices, as well as the head of federal agencies that carry out the policies of the administration. The judges are appointed for life and they can’t be removed, except for gross misconduct, so it is important that you elect a President who respects the Constitution because he appoints the Judges  you will have to live with until they die or retire. President Obama appointed a large number of judges who had no respect for the rule of law. They openly ignored the Constitution and many federal judges have ignored the Supreme Court rulings when they didn’t agree with them. As a result, we have seen the extension of abortion and Gay privileges and the deterioration of the rule of law. It has resulted in increasing persecution of Christians and other law abiding citizens. President Trump filled many vacancies with judges who would uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, however many judges appointed by President Obama remained and continued to subvert the law. President Biden has filled many federal judge positions with liberal judges and has undone a lot of what President Trump accomplished in restoring judges that respect the law. The person elected President this year will have many more positions to fill and will tip the country more towards respect for the law or away from it. It is also important to elected Senators who will approve the President’s nominations. If the Senate doesn’t confirm them, the positions will remain empty or the President will be forced to appoint judges that the Senate will approve.  It will also be important to elect both Senators and House Representatives who respect the will of the people because they will need to pass the laws needed to restore justice and to investigate wrongdoing by both President Biden and the federal justice system which liberals have been using to harass President Trump and conservative churches and agencies and to protect Hillary Clinton and President Biden from prosecution for their crimes.

I believe God raised up President Trump for this time which God knew was coming. President Trump respected the rule of law and sought to balance the budget. He did not take any salary but donated it to various agencies to help balance the budget. President Obama had no respect for the rule of law and used the mass shootings to push gun control in spite of opposition from the majority of Americans, yet the mass shootings continued. When President Trump was in office, he did a great deal to restore the rights of law abiding citizens to carry guns and you didn’t see the mass shootings like before because potential shooters knew they might face armed citizens who might spoil their plans and President Trump was not constantly calling people to attack those they disagreed with like President Obama and President Biden have. President Obama also used the “so-called” health care crisis to seize power by using Obamacare to require paying for abortion and contraceptives in spite of the fact that the law prohibited it and the majority of Americans opposed it. The House tried to add requiring paying for abortions to the Corona virus emergency act in spite of the fact it had nothing to do with containing the virus. Fortunately, conservative lawmakers were able to remove it.  President Trump also repealed President Obama’s mandate to pay for contraceptives but liberal State courts have still mandated it for their States. He could have done far more but was hindered by liberal politicians, liberal courts, and liberal agency personnel left by President Obama.  People reflect the government. If the government doesn’t respect the law, people lose their respect for the law and it is very difficult to restore that respect. You have only to go out on the highway to see how little respect people have for the law.

Judges are elected or appointed to interpret the law. Two decisions by judges under President Obama show where liberal judges are working against our best interests. Obamacare was enacted to make insurance available to more people through government subsidized insurance plans. but included so many demands on insurance companies that it forced up the price of insurance pushing it out of range for many people who could have afforded it otherwise. Republicans pushed through laws designed to bring down insurance costs but a judge ruled that the rules  were unconstitutional. One rule allowed small businesses to develop collaboratives to help them get lower insurance rates now only available to big businesses. What in the Constitution forbids people from working together to help each other? Another rule would reduce the requirements required by Obamacare allowing customers to only pay for what they need or want. Repealing that requirement would also mean that those who oppose abortions would no longer have to pay for them. The last would allow insurance companies to sell over State lines increasing competition and forcing prices down. In some States there is only one non-government insurer allowing them to charge whatever they want and in some States there aren’t any, making government insurance the only choice. There is nothing in the Constitution forbidding free enterprise. If anything, the regulations set down by Obamacare were unconstitutional because they restrict competition and freedom of choice.