It’s Time to Face the Truth: We’re Not Following the Constitution—We’re Following Sides
Time for an honest conversation America
April 23, 2025
Let’s be honest: America is no longer being governed by the rule of law—we’re being ruled by sides. President Trump’s tariffs, like those of administrations before him, have exposed the ugly truth: we’ve normalized unconstitutional executive overreach. Tariffs are taxes, and under Article I of the Constitution, only Congress—not the president—has the authority to legislate, raise revenue, and declare war. Yet we continue to let the executive branch write rules, raise taxes, and engage in conflicts abroad, all without the proper constitutional process. That is not representative government—it’s tyranny wrapped in red, white, and blue.
We were warned about this. Thomas Jefferson called the judiciary the greatest threat to liberty if left unchecked—and that’s exactly where we are. Our courts are compromised. Our Congress is silent. Our presidents, past and present, have acted beyond their limited constitutional role, whether waging undeclared wars, imposing unilateral sanctions, or enacting sweeping executive orders that impact every American life.
We are not a mob-run democracy. We are a constitutional republic. That means 50 sovereign states working together under one binding contract—the Constitution. The president is not a king. Congress does not have the right to hand over its power to unelected agencies or activist judges. And yet here we are: ruled by emergency declarations, agency rule-making, and emotion-fueled policymaking. It’s why American Made Action and DOGA are rising—to bring the people back to the driver’s seat of our Republic.
If you're uncomfortable with this truth, good. Discomfort is the first step toward waking up. I’m not asking you to agree with me—I’m asking you to open the Constitution and read it for yourself. You’ll see what I see: a government far outside its bounds, and a people finally ready to rise up and restore what’s been lost.
—Ann Vandersteel Co-Founder:
Have you written this treatise in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024…DJT has done nothing but battle for “we the people” to try and regain some semblance of control and if we allow the left to continue to cheat in elections we won’t be a Republic any more; if we don’t elect republicans with some balls and quit giving power to slugs like McConnell we won’t have a Republic for long - yes the tariffs need to be cautified by Congress - but he has been and continues to be hamstrung by lawfare initiated by judges who have zero authority to do so yet get a pass from SCOTUS - until we get a Congress and judiciary willing to operate within the lines through legitimate elections of which I have seen few if any in my lifetime I am going with leaders who will make the effort to clean this GD place up.
The democrats have gone full NeoMarxist / Communist and the Republicans, but for 50-60 have no balls.
Ann. As a suggestion, you may want to read Atty Luther Martin’s 72 page letter to Congress in Feb 1787. It was entered without objection into the Journals of Congress and is available online. If you cannot find it let me know. Wikipedia’s write up on Luther Martin is “reasonable”.