I can only quote Jerry Pournelle today:
There comes a time when you cannot rely on the Courts to uphold the principles of self government. There comes a time when those who favor self government have no choice: they have to take part in governing. Whether Machiavellian or blackmailed, Chief Justice Roberts has made it clear: the courts cannot save the government from going where its elected officials intend to take it. Courts can delay, they can nit-pick, they can drag their feet, but they cannot forever stop the inevitable march down the Road to Serfdom when that is the intent of the political departments. Of course this has always been clear. It was pretty well stated in the Federalist Papers.
The President is even now saying that it is now time to move forward. He means move down the Road to Serfdom. The Courts will not help us here. If we want transparency, subsidiarity, limited government, this is a turning point: we cannot rely on the courts. We must win elections.
The good news is that the November 2012 election can be won, and won big. The good news is that the issues are stark, and the Republican Candidate Designate has made the issue clear. The good news is that 2010 may well be a harbinger of the future.
This is a maximum effort mission.
A Republic. If we can keep it.
Let’s not let old Ben down in November.
Amen.
Sadly so much of the electorate is bought and paid for by “free stuff” that we are almost to the tipping point.
When ObamaCare fails (and it will), the next step will be for the Government to take over completely — as in single payer — and the public will go along like sheep because going back will no longer be an option.