I am really afraid or maybe I should say sure that the Constitution as we know it has been abandoned! It matters little these days whether the Supreme Court or anyone else agrees or disagrees.
The only thing that will restore the Constitution seems to be another uprising of the people that support it. Not sure that it could happen today though - too many passive folks just watching as our liberties continue to erode. When it happens slowly, it is not noticed.
Check out the link to Randy Barnett. His Bill of Federalsim addresses many of these issues confronting our country now: he provides a strategy for changing the Copnstitution. Given the 30 governors and legislatures, it is not as far-fetched as you might think.
/johnny
This is where we need to focus our attention. We have the ability to outnumber the federal bureaucracy with 50 state bureaucracies. If even a handful of states could be energized to become firewalls for freedom and face up to the feds using the Constitution as their weapon this battle can be won.
From this point on, I could care less about the Feds. My energy will be focused upon trying to energize my state into action. We will be looking into every option, both legislatively as well as the utilization of ballot amendments to achieve maintaining our freedom.
probably applying Thomas "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time" Jefferson's words of wisdom... hopefully more with their blood