Media Matters

Our perceptions frame our reality. When what we choose to perceive in this age of unlimited opportunities for clarification is only partial truth, or perhaps outright deceit, well then we our fools.

A Letter to a Friend

Hey, listen… I only bring this up ‘cause I care deeply about the perceptions people have of this country, its history and founding, and current understanding of its institutions.

 

It would not have had any affect on me otherwise were I not so respectful of you, your faith in the gospel, and your intellect and acumen in general.

 

However, I was miffed to hear you say that you believed the Constitution to be a living, breathing document open to interpretation.

 

Was it your intent to declare that this democracy would be better served by a handful of unelected expositors than by a representative congress?

 

I know that it’s a fashionable meme of the progressive movement, but may I say that this is a dangerous argument.

 

Perhaps you will accept my defense that the Constitution is a legal document and is binding on all men who would avow to live under its authority and that scholarly honors are not prerequisite for its understanding or application.

 

It is fixed in time certainly by divine consent and is not amenable but by the weight of a righteous and scrupulous citizenry who endeavor to maintain the liberties and agency of man, and who seek to preserve, protect and extend civilization with respect to supernal law.

 

Interpretations of the Constitution by secular humanists interjecting rights and permissions simply not contained in the document is not what was intended of the Judiciary. Its prescribed process was to apply the law as written by the democratic representatives in our congressional houses. It is tragic the way it has fabricated from whole cloth a leading role in the legislative process overarching democratic rule and subverting the system for laws formulation.

 

The battle now waged by the conservative movement is for a more subordinate and resigned Judiciary; a Judiciary that understands its role as applicator; fully supportive and subservient to the democratic process of rules making.

 

We simply cannot have the will of a democratic people being thwarted by the ideals of a handful of unelected elite.

 

For clarification’s sake… I happen to think that it is of the upmost importance to advance truth and to cut away the clouds of misunderstanding; and in all respects of course, the nascency of evil formulations.