[SkyDancer]

Interesting how the Left quotes from the Declaration of Independence thinking they’re quoting from the Constitution or even from Lincoln’s Gettysburg address ....

[Pearls Before Swine]

Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) asked President Obama's Supreme Court pick, Elena Kagan, "If I wanted to sponsor a bill and it said, Americans, you have to eat three vegetables and three fruits every day, does that violate the Commerce Clause?" Amazingly, Kagan wouldn't say, "Yes, of course!"

That is amazing. She could have said, "Perhaps we could compel you to buy three vegetables and three fruits every day under the Commerce Clause," but force you to consume them?

The problem with political judicial appointees is that they assume the law is only there to be twisted and modified to compel their desired results. She couldn't answer immediately because she was thinking about the implications.

[KC_Lion]

This is the leftist view of the Constitution and how much they care for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvB_qGhyg_k

[Billthedrill]

There is a fundamental misunderstanding on the Left of exactly what the Constitution is for, and I think I understand why. What it’s for is that it’s a social contract that keeps us from killing one another over political power. And the reason they don’t appreciate that is that it’s been too long since somebody did. TommyJeff was right: we’re a little overdue for watering that Tree of Liberty. I’m not entirely joking, I do think that the reason the Left can propose the monstrosities they do is that they don’t think there will be any consequences other than dead opponents. And historically that’s not a bad assumption, because it’s mostly perfectly valid except when it’s fatal.

[PapaNew]

It’s like simple math/logic. The Left (L) loves big government (G). The Constitution (C) is against big government (G).

L for G.
C against G.
L against C.

[driftless2]

It is difficult to argue with people who believe that because the constitution gives the gov. the right to tax certain things, it has the right to tax anything it wants at whatever rates it wants. The libs pass some law extorting hard-earned money from citizens, and that gives them the right to extort however amount of money they want to extort. Lib "logic."

Of course, libs believe in strong gov. anyway. They have little or no faith in the common American to solve his or her own problems. Under the guise of "caring" and "helping" the average American, lib-led fed. gov. just gets larger and larger.