In the beginning of our country, America's Founders risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to challenge the tyranny of a ruler determined to work his will among the people. They were not willing to submit quietly to a despot's agenda. They wanted a government of, by, and for the people and they were willing to fight and die for it. Having succeeded, they forged a new form of government known as a constitutional republic. The legacy of freedom they left us was embodied in the Constitution of the United States – a compilation of words whose meaning, if faithfully followed, would help secure our freedom. Thomas Jefferson, the preeminent wordsmith of the American Revolution, understood the importance of those words and their meaning. He declared, "Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution." He then admonished "Let us not make it a blank paper by construction."
By construction, activist judges are turning our Constitution into a blank slate. They are undermining America's "peculiar security" by rewriting her most hallowed document. By changing the meaning of language, they are foisting an agenda on America that its people don't support and wouldn't vote for. Will the American people fall for it? Have we become so constitutionally illiterate that we will swallow their nonsense?
Despots come in all sizes and shapes and their robes aren't always purple. Sometimes they are black. Do Americans today have the courage and conviction of our forebears? Do we have what it takes to secure our freedom? Have we become a nation of sheep? Will we be governed by the courts or by the Constitution?
In the words of Humpty Dumpty, the question is, which is to be master – that's all.