Posted by
Billy on Friday, November 13, 2009 12:11:50 PM
Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess?
Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power and reach of
a centralized federal government, slow down the juggernaut of czars, health
insurance overhaul and anything else this administration and Congress wish to do
that is not in the Constitution?
The Framers created a limited government, thus ensuring individuals would
have the opportunity to become all that their talents and persistence would
allow. The Left has put aside the original Constitution in favor of a "living
document" that they believe allows them to do whatever they want and demand more
tax dollars with which to do it.
(The above is from a column written by Cal
Thomas. Read more of the column below.)
In 1939, the Supreme Court began to dilute constitutional language so that it
became open to broader interpretation. Rob Natelson, professor of Constitutional
Law and Legal History at the University of Montana, has written that even before
Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing scheme, it was changing the way the
Constitution was interpreted, especially, "how the commerce and taxing powers
were turned upside-down, the necessary and proper clauses and incidental powers,
the false claim that the Supreme Court is conservative, how bad precedent leads
to more bad court rulings, state elections as critical for constitutional
activists, and more."
Americans who believe their government should not be a giant ATM, dispensing
money and benefits to people who have not earned them, and who want their
country returned to its founding principles, must now exercise that power before
it is taken from them. The Tenth Amendment is one place to begin. The streets
are another. It worked for the Left.
(Read the whole column by Cal Thomas Can the
Tenth Amendment Save Us?)