Supreme Court - A King's Authority?

Many people view the recent ruling by the Supreme Court, which affirms the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution allowing individuals to own firearms as a positive and great thing. I view the ruling as sad and frankly a little scary. Don't get me wrong. I am a proponent of the 2nd Amendment as you can see from my previous posts. The sad part of today's ruling is that the Supreme Court thinks it has the right to vote on whether the 2nd Amendment gives me the right to own firearms. The scary part about todays ruling is that the Supreme Court may now think that it has the right to vote on whether or not I can exercise any of the other rights that I am afforded in the Constitution. The vote today was five affirming the 2nd Amendment and four against the affirmation. This means that four our our Supreme Court Justices do not agree with 2nd Amendment of the Constitution and think they have the right to do away with it. It is disturbing to think what might have happened if President Bush had nominated Justices other than Roberts and Alito.

The job of the Supreme Court is to interperet the Constitution as it relates to their rulings. Many cases that are being heard by the Supreme Court are not even mentioned in the Constitution nor were they even thought of at the time of its writing. If a case comes before the court that is not mentioned in nor can be tied to the Constitution, the court should not make a ruling. At this point, the issue in the case becomes a political issue and should voted on by the people.

We have Justices on the Supreme Court that are looking to international law and other countries laws to make their decisions. The only document that should be utilized in the rulings of the Supreme Court is the United States Constitution. The 2nd Amendment case today should have had 100% of the Justices voting in the affirmative. The United States Supreme Court and the State Supreme Courts have taken it upon themselves to rule whether or not social issues voted on by the people are constitutional. The question I have is when did we give the Supreme Court(s) a King's authority?

Another case in point is the ruling the Supreme Court made allowing the detainees in Guatanomo, Cuba the right to access the United States civilian court system. These people in Guantanomo are terrorists, murderers and/or enemy combatants. They were captured on the battlefield and therefore are prisoners of war (POW's). In World War II, we brought German POW's to the continental US. These POW's were not allowed access to civilian courts. Why does the Supreme Court think they have the right to inject themselves into how the military handles its POW's during a time of war? They are affording the rights guaranteed to citizens of the United States by the Constitution to all people throughout the world be they friend or enemy.


There are two causes to the current situation we find ourselves in. They are the following.

1. Elected Representatives - Our representatives in the Senate and the House are very weak when it comes to standing up for us. I have yet to see one of these politicians stand up say the Supreme Court does not have the right to rule on certain issues. For example the two issues listed above.


2. Democrats/Liberals/Far Left - These are the people that bring social issues and constitutional rights issues to the court system. The courts are the only fall back these people have because they know if their issue is put before the people for a vote, they will lose. The courts are the only avenue these people have to move their agenda forward.

I know that this is not one of the most exciting topics to discuss, but it is imperative that we all understand that our liberties are under attack. When the Justices on the Supreme Court believe they have the right to determine what parts of the United States Constitution are valid, they have taken on a King's Authority and we are no longer citizens but subjects.

Below is another one of my favorite quotes.

Brice’s Cross Roads

Colonel Carroll: “General, a heavy line of infantry is in our rear. We’re between two lines of battle. What’ll we do?”

General Forrest: “Charge both ways!”

Have a Great Week!!

Southern Boy Sense