… the Constitution does not grant us rights; it only mentions a few of the more important ones explicitly, saying that they shall not be infringed. The rights exist whether or not the Constitution exists and cannot be infringed unless the Constitution specifically says they can.
Posts under ‘Supreme Court’
Who’s The Boss?
When it comes time to determine whether the federal government of the United States (FedGov) is acting constitutionally in any given situation, the issue is very simple: What does the Constitution say? If the power being exercised by FedGov is not one granted by the states to FedGov, then FedGov is acting unconstitutionally. Simple, really. […]
An Obama Supreme Court
He really said it. If I hadn’t seen it myself, I’d have thought it was one of those deceptive Internet videos trying to discredit Barack Obama. But I saw him say it himself during coverage of a campaign stop a while back. Barack Obama said we need Supreme Court justices that have “the empathy to […]