If you don't own his books on jihad, you should buy them. Excellent reads, with a unique readable style, and, as a former US attorney he understands what the issues are in a FRee Society fighting jihadists.
The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America [Hardcover]
Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad [Hardcover] Deals with the first WTC bombing, but is still interesting and relevant. Read it to understand why Guantanimo detainees cannot be tried in civilian courts if you don't understand the issues already.
I think the article falls down here a bit. Although I like the federalism discussion, much of our discourse as a body politic is in fact driven by legalities because the left attempts to legislate through the court system. We have a Full Faith and Credit Clause, and an Equal Protection Clause, which often cut against federalism and results in a forced homogenization of (often unwelcome) laws.
Sorry, but Mr. McCarthy is naive if he thinks gay marriage proponents intend to respect federalism or even religious and free speech rights in states where gay marriage is legalized. As much as I’d like to see a federalist approach to many issues, it’s not going to happen. Consider abortion. We can’t have a federalist approach to that, because the Supreme Court seized that power away from us.
Most conservatives are probably perfectly happy with the constitution we have, if only the left would follow it.
Conservatives generally support constitutional amendments only because they know what’s coming, a slew of federal mandates spawned by the left.
If conservatives opt for nationwide, ie constitutional, responses to such issues, they are only reacting to the statism of the left. How else does one realistically solve the problem of five super legislators on the Supreme Court? I’m all for impeaching them, but good luck with that.
Very good article and a better thread (already). Thanks to all posters.
B/S. Government forcing its citizens to purchase a product or service against their will or else is antithetical to liberty and is unconstitutional at any level. Romney is not a federalist, he’s a big government socialist fascist. Sure as hell is not a conservative. Doesn’t even qualify as a republican.
I understand federalism, too. No one contests the fact that a health care mandate is constitutional in Massachusetts. The point is that Romney, when confronted by a situation (exploding health care costs), chose a big government solution.
It wasn't illegal, simply not what I want in a president.