The Constitution is a piece of paper, a thought, it has no power on its own, its authority is given by the people governed by it. Tyrants are now pushing the people around, taking their lunch money, and their Constitution and saying “whadaya gonna do about it kid.”
The Tea Party has thrown the first punch back but it wasn’t enough to scare the bully. Looks like its time to escalate.
Who cares if it’s in the Constitution? What matters is that it is in the Congress.
I'm going to be posting an essay soon on this subject. In my view, tea parties are useful but short-term duct tape solutions ( I say that having been a Tea Party attendee.) The true battle is for the hearts and minds of the people. In my view, this requires a long term strategy. The left thinks long term, and though they suffer occasional setbacks, the trend is all in their direction. To counteract this and ultimately prevail, we must adopt long term strategies, generational strategies, whereby we produce a populace that shares our views, and where their interests are aligned with ours. This will occur primarly outside the scope of government, in the free market.
By that standard, i cannot imagine a single thing that the federal government is not empowered to do.
I disagree.
It`s a binding legal document. Officers and politicians swear an oath to defend it.
Imagine if you told your mortgage broker you decided the legal document you both signed was in face a “living” document and you have decided to pay 0% interest and only 100 dollars per month from now on.