OBAMA VS. THE CONSTITUTION

     The latest installment of the battle between President Obama and the Constitution, and every other branch of the federal government (as well as state governments) takes place today at the Supreme Court.  

      The Arizona statute in question merely requires the state's authorities to check the immigration status of individuals stopped for other reasons.  It also makes it illegal for immigrants lacking a work permit to seek employment.  A variety of states have enacted their own measures, mostly acting out of frustration with the federal government’s refusal to adequately address the issue, as well as concerns over the cost of educating and providing medical care to illegals, related national security risks, the communicable disease threat, and the crime that accompanies unauthorized border crossings.

     But there is an even larger issue looming in this fight.  The President has made it clear that he has no tolerance for the exercise by Congress or the Supreme Court of their rights and duties.  His administration even coined a slogan--"We Can't Wait," to popularize his impatience with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  

      His disdain for the Constitution is manifest in numerous ways, including his "recess appointments,"  provisions of his health care law, his choice of  a Supreme Court Justice who doesn't believe Americans have unalienable rights, his attempt to stifle free speech, and his utter disregard of the 2nd, 9th and 10th amendments.  Add to this his attempt to incite racial and class warfare, his mass diversion of tax dollars to reward his campaign contributors, and his attempts at unilateral disarmament, and you get a Chief Executive who poses the greatest threat to America since the British burned Washington.   

       We are not just dealing with a president, like Bill Clinton or even Jimmy Carter, that we merely disagree with on policy issues.  We are faced with a Chief Executive who seeks to alter the very fabric of our nation.  Our forefathers came together, pledging "Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor" to give birth to freedom.  We must not let their dream and their sacrifice die.