“The power under the constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own choosing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their servants can and undoubtedly will, be recalled.”

~ George Washington (1787)

Monday, April 30, 2012

Constitutionally Ignorant

Secretary of Health Sebelius isn't paying attention to the Constitution, especially when it comes to religious freedom. Indeed, she's quite ignorant of it. In my opinion, deliberately so.  Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC) does a superb job in demonstrating this:
“So when a state said, ‘You have to send your children to school until a certain age,’ and a religious group objected because they did not want to send their children to school until that certain age, do you know who won?” he asked. “It went to the Supreme Court. ”

The 1970s case, Wisconsin v. Yoder, is considered a landmark in U.S. jurisprudence. Sebelius said she did not know its outcome. “The religious group won,” Gowdy informed her.

 Read the whole thing for an understanding on how the Obama Administration views the Constitution: as an obstacle.