Liberty Amendments, a criticism

Liberty Amendments, a criticism


http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/04/mark-levin-originalist-fantasy

"Levin's ideas are not conservative in political philosophy at all, at least in the sense of "standing athwart history and yelling 'stop'". He is liberal to the extreme when it comes to using the tools of the founders beyond what they intended. He seems to confuse his admiration for the logic and writing of our early leaders with ahistorical alignment with them. The Liberty Amendments is heavily larded with passages lifted from their correspondence as well as the Federalist Papers. And by "heavily larded", I mean give-Paula-Deen-pause "larded". Heart attack-inducing larded. You could fry Levin's book and serve it at a state fair."

It is a good sign when the critics can't make a case. "We will lose our hard earned progress". exactly. The constitution was to be more or less permanent, but has been changing using unconstitutional means. If only one is considered it will be worth the effort.

To say the original founders had "dry" words, and ahistorically aligned is the progressive idea of a constant work in progress. A smaller federal government is a good thing, and objecting that the flow of goodies from the federal government will stop, is true, but unpersuasive.


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