The Constitution is Gone, Hon James Clark McReynolds , Supreme Court Justice 1935

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“this is Nero at his worst. The Constitution is gone.” Those were the trenchant words spoken extemporaneously when Justice James Clark McReynolds read his dissent from the bench.

Folks, according to the berners and the socialists The Constitution (1787) has been abolished. The powers of the government are now unlimited . Our "rights" have been reduced to privileges subject to their discretion.

I Dissent: The Legacy of Justice James Clark McReynolds

"the book vindicates the important and long-ignored truth that McReynolds was a man of consistent, context-neutral principles who attempted to preserve our Constitution from the grasping hands of utopian zealots and judicial abdicationists. The modern, mainstream revulsion towards McReynolds is a direct reflection of how far we have strayed from our founding principles of federalism and decentralized, limited government. The mere mention of such ideals and how they are routinely violated by the modern federal government elicits the same scorn heaped upon McReynolds himself.
McReynolds, like Jefferson, recognized that the more power we yield to central government for the ostensible purpose of doing things FOR us, the more government will be empowered to do things TO us. While McReynolds understood that the Constitution must grow and change to suit the times, he also understood that the only appropriate means for doing so lies in the amendment process. The power of judicial review is to interpret and apply the Constitution, not to amend it, and the fact that such silent alteration happens regularly now without dissenters such as McReynolds is ominous to say the least."

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WOW! I'm really fucking impressed by your presentation of that book! Only problem I have with the link is it goes to Amazon.com for the book, which is not available btw, AND the quote is NOT FROM THE BOOK ITSELF, BUT FROM A REVIEW WRITTEN OF THE BOOK IN 2003!!!!

Do you really fucking believe a book review by a buyer is an authoritative source? DAMN, you're the owner of a truly fucked up displaced mind! Are you trying to depose Poly Chica from her position of Queen of Dishonesty?

That was a beautiful and accurate review which I will repeat for your reading pleasure as well as your edification:


"the book vindicates the important and long-ignored truth that McReynolds was a man of consistent, context-neutral principles who attempted to preserve our Constitution from the grasping hands of utopian zealots and judicial abdicationists. The modern, mainstream revulsion towards McReynolds is a direct reflection of how far we have strayed from our founding principles of federalism and decentralized, limited government.

The mere mention of such ideals and how they are routinely violated by the modern federal government elicits the same scorn heaped upon McReynolds himself.

McReynolds, like Jefferson, recognized that the more power we yield to central government for the ostensible purpose of doing things FOR us, the more government will be empowered to do things TO us. While McReynolds understood that the Constitution must grow and change to suit the times, he also understood that the only appropriate means for doing so lies in the amendment process. The power of judicial review is to interpret and apply the Constitution, not to amend it, and the fact that such silent alteration happens regularly now without dissenters such as McReynolds is ominous to say the least."

GO FORTH AND SIN NO MORE.

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Wait......your source on the the constitutoin being gone......is an Amazon book review?

Holy shit.