Posted by
grassroots_conservative on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 8:52:09 PM
I'm
no Constitutional lawyer—I just call them like I see them. I do
think that the document is simple enough for a middle schooler to
understand and interpret. I also think that where we have gone wrong
is that government actions are rarely held up to the light of the
Constitution, with politicians willing to get away with what they can
and let the courts strike down what they may—similar to the mob
reasoning “They can't catch us all.”
Another
problem that's even worse than the first is that the citizenry, who
should be the ones to keep the government honest, have largely fallen
into Constitutional illiteracy since many decades. Had the people
been on the ball under FDR's tenure, there may never have been (among
many other things) something called “The
Great Depression,” as it is known.
So
as you consider whom to put into office, go back and read the
Constitution; and then keep in mind what a politician has done to
either thwart it or to support it—keeping in mind also the
emptiness of campaign promises.