What would America look like without a Constitution or Bill of Rights? We don’t have to think very hard, because we have a recent example.
CNN produced a “Town Hall Meeting” in Sunrise Florida last week in the aftermath of the Parkland High School tragedy. It was a gathering of people still in the grip of an emotional event; their nerves were raw and their quest for immediate solutions and answers were high. It was ill-timed at best.
But it occurred nonetheless and what I saw was frightening. It was a mob scene instigated by CNN and its power to inflate hysteria. Without controls and monitoring by the host, the crowd was after blood. If it were up to crowd, those with an opposing view would have been hung and quartered as the masses cheered.
The beauty of our Constitution and Bill of Rights, unlike any other document in history, is that, in part, all are treated fairly, tyranny is held in abeyance, and mobs don’t rule. Without order and guidance, groups of people tend to lose their minds and forget logic and the rights of others. The United States of America’s Constitution and Bill of Rights prevents that from happening.
When I see the recent call for the elimination of the electoral college, or the Second Amendment, I take pause and sigh. How have we arrived at this point in America were we accept that such fundamental change is OK? For as sure as the electoral college or the second amendment are eliminated, so will be the rights of free speech, representation, and the litany of other guarantees we find exceptional among dignified and free men.
So as I watch the folly of some unfold, I question their motives. Why would some want to eliminate what is unique in history that affords men the best shot at freedom ever derived? I hope you pause and reflect, also. Then think very deeply about the consequences, for as sure as the sun rises, men resort to mob rule if given the opportunity. And that is a change I fear for myself, our children, and future generations the most.
Lawyair On The Run 