Trample Away

I’m never surprised when I read a liberal’s interpretation of the Constitution, wishing it would say one thing and not the other. The attack on our “pre-modern” document began long ago, and of course, continues today.

With the help of a New York Times article yesterday, my explanation of the liberal’s viewpoint does not need to go too in-depth.

The author is remorseful of the fact that the US Constitution does not even guarantee the “entitlement to food, education and healthcare.” Furthermore, a professor is quoted as saying, “Nobody wants a copy of Windows 3.1.”

Statements such as these are the entire basis for the declaration of a federal government that is out of control (see 'Tea Party'). I’ll keep preaching this till it sinks in, but the US Constitution was designed to be vague and restrictive (to the federal government) in nature. The rest is deferred to the states. State’s rights are essential to understand when interpreting our Constitution. Changing the structure of this document would favor the federal government, blurring the line between consent of the people and further allowing administrations to simply decree universal truths for all states to follow, no matter what.

Then again, this administration seems to be blurring the lines in more than one way, even between the church and state.

Trample away.

ENR

- Picture Credit: "The Forgotten Man" by Jon McNaughton