A Cry To Urge Support For The Constitution And The Declaration Of Independence

In the United States there is a cultural war going on, but the front I think is most important is how we view the Constitution of the United States of America. Mexico chose to strike down their constitution and Texas rebelled because of that action. Mexico still has not gotten over that rebellion and blames the United States. I suppose the United States is responsible for we taught our people to cling to the Declaration of Independence, the constitution, and freedom. Here is a cite from the Texas Declaration of Independence that we should take to heart today.

When, long after the spirit of the constitution has departed, moderation is at length so far lost by those in power, that even the semblance of freedom is removed, and the forms themselves of the constitution discontinued, and so far from their petitions and remonstrances being regarded, the agents who bear them are thrown into dungeons, and mercenary armies sent forth to force a new government upon them at the point of the bayonet.

We have reached the point in the United States where the spirit of the constitution has departed. Yet there is hope as an insurgency of patriots has sprung up as is obvious from Senator Cornyn’s and Senator Durbin’s address on Samuel Alito’s confirmation process. This insurgency will fail if we do not convince our fellow Americans that the Constitution and the Declaration are wise documents and that the federal courts are a larger danger to our freedom than either Congress or the President.

Here is some excerpts from the two senators’ addresses.

Senator Cornyn said:

I want judges on the Supreme Court who will respect the words and the meaning of the Constitution, the laws enacted by Congress and the laws enacted by state legislatures.

Now, this doesn't mean, as you know, that a judge will always reach what might be called a conservative result. It means that judges will reach whatever result is directed by the Constitution, by the law, and by the facts of the case.

Sometimes, it might be called conservative; sometimes it might be called liberal. But the point is that the meaning of the Constitution and other laws should not change unless we the people change them.

Senator Durbin stated the following.

And Justice O'Connor was the fifth vote to uphold the time- honored principle, which bears repeating, of separation of church and state. There was real wisdom in the decision of our forefathers in writing a Constitution that gave us an opportunity to grow as such a diverse nation, and we should never forget it.

And

My friend, Illinois Senator Paul Simon, once said on the same committee that the test for a Supreme Court nominee is not where he stands on any one specific issue. The test is this: Will you use your power on the court to restrict freedom or expand it?

In the simplest terms, I think Paul Simon got it right. That is the best test because the Supreme Court is the last refuge in America for our rights and liberties. In my lifetime, it's the Supreme Court, not Congress, that integrated our public schools, that allowed people of different races to marry, and established the principle that our government should respect the value of privacy of American families. These decisions are the legacy of justices who chose to expand American freedom.

So on one side we have Senator Cornyn who believes the Constitution should be cleaved to and legally amended by the democratic process when necessary and on the other side we have Senator Durbin who believes the Constitution was good at one time but that that time has passed and it is up to the unelected federal judiciary to define what rights Americans have and how their applied. I agree with Senator Comyn because I believe that the people of the United States are the best protectors of their own rights and that giving that power to an autocratic oligarch is to surrender our freedom. The people of Texas rebelled rather than surrender their power to dictators. The question is what will you do?

Let the Senators who’s view you support know that you appreciate his hard work by sending a thank you letter. May God give victory to those striving to obtain true freedom.