The reason the Federalist Papers matter is because the Constitution had to be short enough to be embraced by the hearts of men. .
All the FF had to say when they wrote the constitution is "the meaning of this constitution is left to the courts". That's not so long is it.?
You won't learn. the Russian War Minister during World War One was the same way. He forbade teaching of firepower and maneuver saying they were distractions. He had learned his trade as a Lieutenant of the Calvary as a youth and nothing had changed in his mind. He proudly announced that he had not read a military manual in thirty years.
History tells of his downfall. Only he took an entire nation with him. Certainly he was not alone in the responsibility. But he did not help. He was proud of his ignorance and stood sentinel against any change.
There is now some question if John Paul Jones actually said it. But the truth is the quote is right even if inaccurate. Jones supposedly claimed that an officer must have a liberal education among other traits.
Liberal in the era does not mean what it does today. In context it means an education in philosophy, science, arts, and many other subjects. The reason is obvious to most of us. The more knowledge you possess in your mind the better you can understand a situation or question and the better decision you can make.
Without that foundation your decision might be right. But it is more likely that your choice will be wrong.
Your argument has been made many times. It is utterly discredited by history. As I said before. Congress had the power to impeach the Justices if they had overstepped but did not. The Congressmen of the era had read the arguments in the Federalist Papers and agreed with Alexander Hamilton.
The first Amendment begins with "Congress shall pass no law". But what is really stopping them? Like the Biblical Prohibition on bearing false witness. What is there to stop them? In the Biblical question it is the punishment of hellfire and damnation. Being cast away from God. But what stops a Confressman from voting to stifle free speech, or the press, or religion?
Many of the rights you enjoy including the right to free speech is because the Supreme Court interpreted the given laws and found them to be unconstitutional.
The police can't best a confession out of you. Not because the Constitution says no, but because the Supreme Court threw the conviction out when it did happen.
The Constitution without the Supreme Court is like the Ten Commandments. Rules without any enforcement are just suggestions. I'd even go so far as to say that the Nation would have collapsed without the Supreme Court certainly before we found ourselves at the Bicentennial celebration.
Every game needs a referee. Every contest needs a judge. There must be someone deciding what the rules are, and what is fair and just. The Supreme Court has made many decisions I disagree with. I could start with Kelo and go down a long list. But without that court we would not be the United States today.
The system is not perfect. I can list many things that are wrong with it. But just blowing it up without any idea of what we will build on its ashes is suicide for no reason.
None of this will matter to you. None of it will impress you or cause you to reconsider your childish ideals.
