Quote of the Day: The Constitution

 

“The Constitution is not the law that governs us, it is the law that governs those who govern us.” – Randy E. Barnett

On this Independence Day weekend, it is as instructive to reflect on the Constitution as it is to reflect on the Declaration of Independence. If all have “certain inalienable rights,” the Constitution is the tool to preserve them. That is why I like this quote. Professor Barnett reminds us of the real purpose of the Constitution. To prevent our President Brandons from becoming Prime Minister Fidel Trudeaus.

This was the most important thing that came out of the last two weeks of this term’s Supreme Court session. It served as a reminder that we are a limited government that must respect (or at least grudgingly concede to) our enumerated rights.

Will the government do so? Who knows? I have put my money down that they will not. Perhaps that is another thing to remember on Independence Day weekend. Freedom is not price-free. It comes at a cost, and must be guarded and renewed every generation.

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  1. DaveSchmidt Coolidge
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    Thank you for posting this. 

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  2. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    Technically, unalienable. 

    They make a joke about it in the 1776 musical I plan to watch this weekend. 

     

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  3. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    The Constitution is to form a more perfect Union and it did. God bless them.

     

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  4. aardo vozz Member
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    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    Technically, unalienable.

    They make a joke about it in the 1776 musical I plan to watch this weekend.

     

    The EAGLE!!!🦅🦅🦅

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  5. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    aardo vozz (View Comment):

    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    Technically, unalienable.

    They make a joke about it in the 1776 musical I plan to watch this weekend.

     

    The EAGLE!!!🦅🦅🦅

     

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  6. RufusRJones Member
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    Barnett is good on gun policy, too. Really original thinker and really good communicator.

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  7. I Walton Member
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    And what options do folks in NY have to act as if this were true?  Any rights don’t mean much in a totalitarian state.  

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  8. Seawriter Contributor
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    I Walton (View Comment):

    And what options do folks in NY have to act as if this were true? Any rights don’t mean much in a totalitarian state.

    The tree of liberty has to be renewed with the blood of tyrants and patriots. That is its natural manure.

    They voted them in, they can vote them out. Or shoot them out. That is their problem, not mine. The Founding Fathers gave them two sets of tools for maintaining liberty.  As I said in my post, freedom isn’t price-free.

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