Why can't we find an economic libertarian (among other things, abolish the IRS in favor of a 10% sales tax) and a Christian Constitutional Conservative? Isn't that what Ronald Reagan was? Seems like that's what our country was all about before the 20th century idiots screwed it up.
We need a spiritual revival and a gut-level housecleaning.
“Why can’t we find an economic libertarian (among other things, abolish the IRS in favor of a 10% sales tax) and a Christian Constitutional Conservative? Isn’t that what Ronald Reagan was?”
Explain exactly what makes a national sales tax NECESSARY if we have any sort of constitutional conservative in office! And on top of that, is a Christian Constitutional Conservative like Scalia, who federally reached out to ban intrastate drug sales in Gonzales v. Reich? Or someone who would not only reverse Roe but impose a ban on abortion federally?
In my view, if you’re a constitutional conservative on the SCOTUS, you’ll certainly let your Christian ideals be known in your opinion, especially where you disagree with the outcome but must uphold the Constitution, and make clear that those ideals don’t guide your legal opinion but the intent of the drafters of the law do, except where the Constitution supersedes federal law (and except where the Founders were similarly guided by Christian ideals, of course, in writing the Constitution). Making up law in the face of the clear guidance of the Tenth Amendment, even in the name of doing right, is inviting the left to do the same when they take over. Cases like Lochner are exactly why there are cases like Roe.