Has our civics training really sunk this low in this country? I still can’t believe I read posts like yours daily on FR. The House of Reps is EXACTLY where these debates are supposed to take place. The Supreme Court is tyranny under your assertion (don’t believe me? Read the Federalist Papers on the subject). Our Founders understood that principle. However, we’ve gotten so used to the left’s propaganda, even conservatives see the Court as above us all telling us right from wrong! No. We are the masters of our government through our elected representatives... we tell them what is right and what is wrong.
If in 1973 Roe V Wade didn’t convince us that the courts are a law unto themselves, nothing will. They are not the arbiters of right and wrong.
I wasn't trying to blaspheme our system of government. I recognize that the legislative branch is where the debate is supposed to take place. But, given the current batch of elected officials, and the current occupant of the White House, I can well imagine that something unconstitutional may be forthcoming.
I'm not proposing that we give up on the legislative process, and I'm not proposing that the judicial branch be used to force our will upon the republic. But I am suggesting that the Court has historically been expected to play a role in blocking unconstitutional laws.
It might be in our interests to look down the road and consider a Plan B, if the Democrats pass a law telling us what we must buy. They should not be able to pass just any old law they wish. They should not be allowed to ignore the Constitution. Who could stop them? The Supreme Court. That's all I'm saying.
YES!