Call Me The Pessimist…The Supreme Court Ruling on Gun Rights Was Not A Victory

Okay, so maybe I’ve just become too negative. Maybe I have allowed the state of our nation to pull me into a deep state of pessimism. I read numerous articles earlier this week celebrating the Supreme Court’s ruling on McDonald v Chicago. All of the articles seemed to celebrate the court’s reaffirming the right of Americans to bear arms. I have to be honest, initially I celebrated it as well. Then I started thinking more about it.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold the 2nd Amendment of our Constitution. 5 to freaking 4!!!! Really!!! Seriously!!! Are we celebrating that The Supreme Court of The United States of America, the sole mission of which is to ensure the laws of the land are constitutional, were able to uphold the 2nd amendment by one vote???

Is that what we’ve been reduced to now? Have they beaten down the rights of man to the point that we now are content to applaud a 5-4 victory for the U.S. Constitution?

It’s a glass half empty deal for me, I suppose. The way I am looking at it we are one radical appointment away from our Constitution being completely null and void. It would appear currently that the Judiciary is the only branch that is still somewhat functioning on behalf of The Constitution. The Executive and Legislative branches abandoned it a long time ago. If we lose the third and final branch to radical statism, then America as we knew it and the founding fathers created it will be dead.

I find it amusing all of the showboating going on with the Elena Kagan hearings this week. All of the questions seem to center around whether she can put her personal feelings in check and make constitutional rulings based solely on The Constitution. If one were to look at the ruling this week they would realize that this is no longer a prerequisite for the high court. Personal biases are what it’s all about on the court these days. Why else would the media give so much attention to which justices may retire during a certain President’s term? If the judges were putting their biases to the side and making decisions based solely on the words of our Constitution, these hearings would be non-events.

CONSTITUTION?? We Don't Need No Stinking Constitution...Say Dems

Democrats have taken another bold step towards dismantling the United States of America as it has been revealed that House Rules Chairman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) are attempting to pass the extremely unpopular Obamacare healthcare bill without it properly being voted on by both House and Senate.

Article 1, Section 7 of the constitution is clearly states how a bill must be passed:

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

Or, if you don't wish to read all of that above I have conveniently inserted the Schoolhouse Rock, simplified explanation which I thoroughly enjoyed as a child.

This is, by far, the biggest 'in your face' smackdown of the Constitution, which congressional members swear to uphold, that has been undertaken by the Obama administration. It has been obvious for some time that two of the branches of our government are corrupt. If the statist liberals persist in this unconstitutional behavior, it will soon be up to our third branch of government (judicial) to prove that they are not corrupt. Some very difficult decisions will have to be made by Americans if all three branches prove to no longer be a representative republic.