[cpdiii]

“Yes, a lot of it is unconstitutional.”

Precisely correct. The United States was founded on the basis of individual states having control of their own states as they saw fit so long as it did not violate federal law as defined in the constitution. Our constitution has been ripped asunder by activist judges that knew full well their decisions were extra constitutional.

Our constitution defines us as a republic of individual states and sure as hell not a democracy of a nation. It is really that simple. The sainted Judge Thomas would agree, may he live long and prosper. He is a worthy successor to the also sainted Judge Scalia.

[VermiciousKnid]

The sainted Judge Thomas would agree, may he live long and prosper. He is a worthy successor to the also sainted Judge Scalia.

Indeed. As an aside, last year my son graduated from college. Father Paul Scalia (Justice Scalia's son) said the Baccalaureate Mass and Justice Thomas was the Commencement speaker. Both men received academic honors. It was a GREAT day!

Regards,

[Jagermonster]

"The sainted Judge Thomas . . ."

Justice Thomas is good for a lot of constitutional law, but can be way out of bounds on other things. I despise the opinion he authored in Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank, Int'l, 573 U.S. 208 (2014). Despite the Supreme Court's lack of authority to create new law out of whole cloth, he tortured logic in order to justify decades of judge-made law, law which Congress had previously overturned as inappropriate. That case near singlehandedly broke the U.S. Patent system, and has been the bane of my professional existence for 5 years.