At long last, the Mexican born killer, Jose Medellin, who killed two young girls, citizens of the state of Texas, has been put to death, a very deserving end to a worthless life. That might anger a few of the no death penalty crowd, but so be it; the execution was biblical in all respects. When the affairs of men are put in a biblical perspective, then the need for the execution becomes clear.

The bleeding hearts, President Bush included, demanded that Texas honor the wishes of all of those who had no say in what Texas did to Medellin. The World Court ordered Texas to stop the execution. Texas in effect told everyone “take a hike” and executed Medellin on August 5, 2008. The U.S. Supreme Court backed Texas.

Thankfully, the governor of Texas used the teaching and the principle found in Romans 1:3-4: For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Medellin was evil. The governor, a minister of God, executed the state’s wrath upon the evil Medellin. Only in this case, it was a juice filled needle, not a sword. Then on Thursday evening, August 6, 2008, another murderer was executed.

 As usual, the pansies who always feel so sorry for killers showed not one shred of compassion for the dead or their families. The high minded intellectual types wasted no time in trotting out the treaty argument based on the Article VI. This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.  Their argument says that treaties trump the Constitution.

What they show by their argument is the inability to understand that constitutional supremacy is the law of the land. Try reducing the clause to a simple sentence. This Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land.  The words in pursuance thereof and under the authority of the United States limit the authority of laws and treaties through the structure of the sentence by placing laws and treaties in a subordinate position to the Constitution’s supremacy and provisions, and which allows them to exist. The Constitution has a provision for amendment and treaties aren’t included.

Those who ignore God, who is the sovereign of the universe (Read Romans 13:1-7), make all sorts of statements about rights and civilized societies, saying that the death penalty is barbaric. Were the torture and the murder of those young girls not barbaric?  In the minds of the ungodly and even those who claim to know God, barbarism is the practice which satisfies the supporters of executions. However, what reason can anyone give for keeping Medellin and others like him locked up for life at the taxpayer’s expense?  

Our nation would be much better served if all the elected officials followed the Constitution and the principles of the Bible. By so doing, law abiding citizens would be protected from the ravages of the predators that prey on us repeatedly. Then and only then can we claim to honor life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In Sorting It Out, all who believe in the justice of Romans 13 can take heart that at least the governor of one state did what he had to do in spite of opposition to the contrary. All of us are safer as a result.

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