Today we’re mad at some Indiana Supreme Court justices. We want to fight back. That’s reasonable.
But what’s our goal?
Are we interested in firing a few judges? Reversing a decision? Easing a gun ban or two? Making the Fed show us some numbers? Would that make us happy, prosperous and secure?
As we raise the debt ceiling on our kids before sending them to yet another undeclared war in Pakistan or France or wherever; as we direct ourselves into “Free Speech Zones” and get arrested for selling unpasteurized milk to people who want it…I have to ask a question:
Is this how we want to live? Don’t we have any better ideas than to keep nibbling at little abuses here and there? Don’t we have a better vision for life than to just keep robbing Peter to pay Paul, and playing Hatfield v McCoy?
I want rule of law under existing constitutions as written. That’s all. I want some people to help me ask for it. We’ve spent the last century asking for, voting for, and getting, the opposite, you know.
The constitutions are proven to work, and they’re already law, though we’ve chosen to ignore and flout them.
Sure, should we actually, finally choose this rule of law we’d still have to keep sharp to make sure that politicians stay on their side of the fence…but it’s all black and white and simple. We can read it, tell others about it, paint a picture of how it works, and make others defend the indefensible argument that we can’t have laws as written.
Why don’t we quit fussing over symptoms and finally cure the disease? We have what we’ve chosen; we need to choose better. If we want rule of law under existing constitutions as written, we’ll have to ask for it. I have a petition, a proposal, and a timeline for compliance here: http://wedeclare.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/713/
Anybody have a better idea?
Of course, we could keep doing what we’ve been doing…at least for a little while longer. But after decades of trying to attack the symptoms of our growing cancer while ignoring the disease …we’re failing faster and faster every day?
We don’t have much time left before we’ve got no more to lose.