A Boston Tea Party ...(Liberty and Socialism)

A constitutional quiz: which answer is correct?

The tenth amendment of the constitution states “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

The tenth amendment of the constitution states “All powers not listed by the Constitution, are reserved to the Federal Government and not to the States respectively, or to the people.”

For those of you who are historically challenged the correct answer is the first one. Now allow me to rephrase the question. Which wording of the tenth amendment better describes how the powers of given in the constitution are used in today’s world? The second answer better states the way government currently operates.

How did it get this way? It has happened over a large period of time. Career politicians combined with judicial activism have brought States rights to its knees. The power vacuum of Washington has closed the door to anything resembling what our forefathers had envisioned. They wanted a federal government limited in power and scope. Instead, today we have a federal government growing in size and stature.

The states and the citizens therein along time ago decided to bow to the federal government. The feds are now masters of our domain. Whether it is abortion rights or gun control, the federal government is in charge of how we live rather than what was intended, hat power be more localized. It is the states that should make such decisions through their own legislatures. The men who wrote the constitution knew true liberty could only exist when men not government had the power.

The Supreme Court through the work of activist judges has increased the capacity of our federal government to control our lives. It was Patrick Henry who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”. Over time Americans have become to distracted to ever again die for the liberty our forefathers envisioned. Instead most sit around idly as the left pushes us closer to socialism. Last week Ed Schultz said, “You righties are just afraid of socialism”. Yes Ed, I am. I have yet to figure out what liberty and socialism have in common. I am positive had our forefathers wanted a socialist government they would have designed a constitution towards that end. It is time with the help of a constitutionalist Supreme Court that we get back to the country the 10th amemndment intended it to be.