We live in a time where so many people have so many solutions to problems which they have managed to create in their own minds. It is a real wonder of our time; “Because I cannot get what I want, we have a major problem. Here is my brilliant idea on how to fix it.”
Most of the time, the individuals who think that way are harmless, but lately we have been seeing major political figures who should know better producing their crazy solutions. “My candidate did not win, let’s do away with the elector college,” or “the Supreme Court (which does overturn previous rulings), ruled in a way I do not agree with, let’s have term limits on the Justices.” And, who wants to do away with the elector college? Politicians who go to court to overturn the will of the voters. Who wants to institute term limits on Supreme Court Justices? Politicians who have lived at the public trough for forty, fifty or more years and who have virtually nothing to show for their years of “public service.” Indeed, the only thing they have created is a huge public debt.
The attached article discusses the rational for our Constitution protections, how they have served and protected us and how we are in danger if we decide to chip away at those protections. Before we go on a great crusade to redo or “improve” our Federal Constitution, remember the great lives in the film, A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt:
“William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!”
Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”
William Roper: “Yes, I’d cut down every law in England to do that!”
Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned ’round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man’s laws, not God’s! And if you cut them down, and you’re just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake!”
― Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
So, do we really want to trust our futures to men or women who have given us only failure and division? I hope you enjoy the article.
The Very Real Perils of Weakening Checks on Federal Power (dailysignal.com)
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