Constitution Day - R I P

Constitution Day is an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution. It is observed, today, on September 17th, the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution.

If the Democrat Socialist of America Party (DSA) has its way, this will be the last celebration - since our Constitution would no longer exist.  And since DSA is taking over the Democrat Party, that is a real threat!

Not only does DSA want to repeal the 2nd Amendment and replace it with an amendment that brutally restricts our gun rights, they are going after the very essences of our Constitution.

The founders were deathly afraid of central government and especially a big central government, since that becomes a genuine threat to our rights, even with real controls.  So, they built in a system of 'checks and balances'.

The founders created three independent branches of government, each elected or appointed in a different way, and each with the ability to check each other.  Remember them:  Executive, Legislative and Judicial?

The DSA wants the President appointed by Congress and, therefore, beholden to Congress for the job.  Not elected by the people, through the Electoral College, and beholden to the people for the job.  Unchecked government beholden only to the government is their goal! 

DSA must believe that the government – under them – would never dream of abusing our rights; DSA would just change the Constitution so we don’t have the rights, as with the 2nd Amendment.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has the ability to declare laws unconstitutional and, therefore, unenforceable; a real check on the other branches of government.  It has consisted of nine members for 150 years; the number is set by law and not set in the Constitution. 

SCOTUS makeup has swayed back-and-forth between originalist/constitutionalist and liberal.  Right now, SCOTUS makeup tends originalist/constitutionalist, which would be a real impediment to DSA’s plans - if they should get back power after November’s elections.  So, the DSA would end the originalist/constitutionalist makeup of SCOTUS, forever, by ‘packing’ the court - if they get power.  They would do this by adding a dozen judges to the current nine, all approved by DSA Democrats.

Of course, if they don’t get back power, they would stand firmly against the Republican Party doing the same. 

By the way, the Republicans have no plans to pack the court and, in fact, proposed an amendment to make nine judges the permanent number set in the Constitution.  This was defeated by the Democrats. 

DSA also has other plans that attack both the checks-and-balances issue and opens us up to the tyranny of the majority; the latter was also a major issue back in 1787.

The founders were split on the makeup of the legislative branch.  The big, populous, states wanted representation based on population, which would give a few big states control of the government.  The smaller states would not approve this, as they would be subject to the “tyranny of the majority.”  (Doubt that?  On a smaller scale, N Y State proves the small state’s theory, since the less populated areas have no effective say in Albany, as both legislative houses are based on population and we are subject to the ‘tyranny of the N Y City majority.’) 

As a compromise, the founders voted for the legislature to consist of two branches; one based on population and one with two Senators from every state.  This addressed the population issue and also reenforced the ‘check and balances’ theory as each legislative house could nullify most actions of the other house.

DSA wants to abolish the Senate.  Welcome to rule by Los Angeles, Chicago and NY City!

And under the ‘tyranny of the majority’ issue, the founders built other protections for small states.  For instance:  the Electoral College assigns votes based on the number of Representatives plus Senators; if a Presidential election has to be decided in the House of Representatives, each state gets only one vote.

The Constitution protects private property; that’s effectively gone under the DSA.

DSA has made inroads on the Democrat Party by showing up to vote.  Off year elections, like this year, usually have a lower turn out and the primaries leading up to these elections have an even lower turn out.  The DSA is motivated and they turned out for primaries while establishment Democrats showed their usual mid-term indifference and stayed home.  Guess who won?

Now, gun owners who don’t vote are probably saying, “What do I care. I wouldn’t have voted for any of them.”  But if gun owners are fond of the Constitution, they might consider turning out in November or it will be the  United States Constitution R I P.