Inverting the Constitution
What have we done to our Constitution?
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution are few and defined,” Madison wrote. “Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.”
On Jan. 5, 2014, Walter Williams wrote:
“Here’s a question I’ve asked in the past that needs to be revisited. Unless one wishes to obfuscate, it has a simple yes or no answer.
“If one group of people prefers strong government control and management of people’s lives while another group prefers liberty and desires to be left alone, should they be required to enter into conflict with one another and risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose their preferences on the other group? Yes or no.
“My answer is no; they should be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways.”
I have a simple question:
Have we, with no bloodshed, destroyed the form of government originally envisaged by the framers of the Constitution?