We can't possibly save the republic without this understanding becoming fixed in the minds of those who call themselves conservative.
The judicial supremacist fallacy is destroying our country.
We can be a constitutional republic or we can be a judicial oligarchy. But we can't be both. Take your pick.
GK Chesterton, "The Everlasting Man"
If the court is corrupted, law irrelevant per Obammy..
A HOuse all shook up
Can topple on top of ya.
When , The Articles??
The Supreme Court only rules on corporate law.
The Supreme Court only rules on corporate law.
The Supreme Court only rules on corporate law.
The Supreme Court only rules on corporate law.
The Supreme Court only rules on corporate law.
Our problem, even with those who call themselves conservative, is that not enough people love liberty. That’s the bottom line.
A la John Adams, they’ve traded liberty for (perceived) security, which is, a paycheck.
bkmk
Unfortunately, there are far fewer conservatives than we would care to admit.
Many who would label themselves conservative fail to understand the portion of Lincoln's speech where he spelled out in very precise terms that the Constitution contains no provision for states to secede.
Far too many people who identify as conservative feel that the answer to the latest act of tyranny is for government to no longer issue marriage licenses at all. This idea that "it's none of the government's business" flies in the face of the very essence of the Founding Father's pledge to "form a more perfect Union...and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity."
There is NOTHING in the Constitution that suggests that SCOTUS is the sole and/or final arbiter of constitutionality, it simply isn't there. Yet for two centuries government has generally acquiesced to this position.
Ironically, in Marbury v. Madison, John Marshall notes that it is immoral for officials who take an oath to uphold the Constitution to be forced to uphold unconstitutional law. Certainly Marbury was a power grab by the Court, but Marshall also made it clear that ALL branches of government are duty bound to uphold the Constitution:
Thus, the particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written Constitutions, that a law repugnant to the Constitution is void, and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument.
We can be a constitutional republic or we can be a judicial oligarchy. But we can't be both. Take your pick.
The crux of the matter is that most people think we are a democracy rather than a republic. They believe any law or court ruling is fine if it has popular support.
I fear for our Republic at a base level because what we truly lack are leaders. However, I realize that in both the 1770s and the 1860s there were a handful of men who were prepared to sacrifice everything for the God-given rights of all; hopefully, a similar group will emerge today.