I happened to catch part of Rush Limbaugh’s show today where Rush was discussing the importance of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the fight to return our government back to its Constitutional roots.
“What we didn’t know, and what the world at large didn’t know until very recently, was that the New Deal constitution was not as permanent or unalterable as it looked. Intellectually its foundations were shaky, and after two decades of a Clarence Thomas-led assault, the constitutional doctrines that permitted the rise of the powerful federal government could be close to collapse.”
For the number of years that Clarence Thomas has been rendering opinions, he has been undoing the New Deal constitution doorjamb by doorjamb, taking the mansion apart if you would, to borrow a phrase from Justice Scalia, if I might. Now the story that Toobin has is essentially how Clarence Thomas and his intellectual leadership could, along with his wife and the work that she has been doing, be the intellectual force behind the repeal of Obamacare when the case gets to the Supreme Court.
Rush continues:
Number two and number ten.
Number two is basically right to bear arms. Before Clarence Thomas, the Second Amendment, everybody agreed. All it meant was that the states can have a militia. It didn’t mean individuals were empowered the right to own guns. Now after 15, 20 years of Clarence Thomas, the left has given up the gun control fight. They don’t even want to go there. Now the Tenth Amendment is next. Now, the Tenth Amendment, paraphrasing, basically says any power not specifically enumerated in the Constitution for the federal government goes to the states. Now, this is important, ladies and gentlemen, because the Commerce Clause in the Fourth Amendment has been the vehicle for the New Dealization of the US Constitution.
The Commerce Clause — and the Commerce Clause, as you know, is the route to Obamacare, forcing people to buy health insurance. The Commerce Clause is where the federal government have grown. The Commerce Clause of the Constitution is where the federal government’s grown. Now, the Clarence Thomas-and-others-led effort to take power away from the federal government and give it back to the states is amendment ten. Now, in all these Ivy League law schools and other colleges years ago, the Second Amendment, the Tenth Amendment, they were like an appendix. They were there, but they were not used. They were not necessary. Now the Tenth Amendment is being used and focused on as a way to dismantle much of federal power.
Listening to rush got me thinking about what is at stake going into the 2012 election.
If we conservatives are not successful in the 2012 election, the efforts of Justice Thomas very commendable efforts to roll back the ever encroaching federal government will be in jeopardy. Because, time is not on Justice Thomas side.
Consider that Justice Anthony Kennedy has said that he only has plans to stay on the Supreme court through Obama’s first term. After 2012, who knows what will happen. Kennedy could very well announce his retirement early 2013. If this happens and the Democrats retain their majority in the Senate in the 2012 election, we could be looking at a “moderate” being nominated to replace Kennedy, just to get a nominee through the confirmation process.
Worse, if Obama is reelected, you know he will nominate another full on liberal in the mold of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. If this happens, our nation will be in a world of hurt.
If either of these scenario play’s out in 2012; the unconstitutional ObamaCare stands a very good chance of being upheld. If this happens, there will be no limit to the reach of the federal government.
I know it’s cliché, but the 2012 election is shaping up to be a pivotal election in our nations history.
