Friends of Liberty

Our Government believes the Constitution is nothing but a piece of old parchment. For
over 100 years the Courts of the United States have been usurping the Constitution by
simple interpretation. They read the carefully crafted words of the Founders, then
extrapolate meanings never originally intended.

Although Congress and the Executive Branch has been assuming powers far beyond those
outlined in Articles 1 and 2 for decades, the current regime is injecting taxpayer
dollars into private companies, then dictating how they are to do business, and when they
do not succeed, taking an ownership stake, putting themselves in competition with other
private companies. Bankruptcy proceedings are being corrupted by the Federal Government,
with secured bond-holders?  investments being redistributed to the UAW, violating their
property rights guaranteed under the 5th Amendment.  Is any of this Constitutional? What
grants this level of power? Nothing grants it, but nothing prevents it, either.

The Constitution enumerates the powers of the President and Congress. Today our leaders
interpret that as "we can do anything not specifically forbidden." President Obama stated
in an interview when he was a state senator in Illinois  he feels "constrained" by the
Constitution and that the document is a list of "negative" rights, stating what the
Government cannot do to its citizens rather than what is should be able to do.  In the
same interview he said he said the Court have fallen short in the re-distribution of
wealth. His recent Supreme Court nominee has stated "the Appeals Court is where policy is
made", a view that runs contrary to Article III of the Constitution. If our leaders don't
respect  and adhere to the Constitution, what good is it?

Laws are passed and executive orders issued every day that violate the Constitution or
exceed Constitutional mandates. How is this possible? If the law or order is not
challenged in the Courts---it just goes into effect and continues. If something seems
like a good or popular idea, but is blatantly unconstitutional, it may never be
challenged. Quite often politicians are too apt to accept popular sentiment rather than
challenge a patently unconstitutional ruling. The Courts adjudicate what is brought
before them and in some cases, if the topic is too controversial, the Supreme Court may
decide to keep a particular case off their docket.

I worry that stapled to the back of the Constitution our leaders routinely ignore is the
Bill of Rights. How long will it be before they ignore that, too? It will be easy once
they get enough Justices who rule by empathy and social justice rather than our First
Principles.
In truth...this is already  happening.


JC


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Quote of the Week

"There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later
turn into a judicial one."

Alexis de Tocqueville