Our Constitution

Our constitution is only supposed to be changed through the amendment process as described in the constitution.  This is the only way we should expect change.  Now with the death of Justice Scalia, we are in a dispute on whether we should appoint a liberal or conservative Justice.  In reality, we should not be having this discussion.  Nowhere in our constitution or Federalist Papers does it stipulate that the constitution can be changed through the court system, whether it is a lower court or the Supreme Court.  But what we have seen over the years is the court taken it upon themselves to claim the constitution is an old document and does not meet present day situations and was more suited for the 18^th and 19^th century.  Therefore, they like to claim the constitution is a living, breathing document that through the court system can be altered.  However, there is no section in the constitution that authorizes such action.  Judicial activisms is what we are dealing with and why we see a fight over who gets selected to the Supreme Court.  This really should be a simple process of selecting a jurist that would support the constitution as written and can only be changed through the amendment process.  One would think, (the three most important words) this would be the case, but alas we argue over a nominee because we have allowed the courts to dictate what the constitution means in today’s day and age.  That is why our Bill of Rights are in jeopardy of being reduced through unelected judges who decide cases by their ideology.  That is why judges like Scalia are the type we need on the bench.  Those who believe in the constitution as written, unlike some justices we have on the bench today.  Our God given rights guaranteed in our constitution are in jeopardy because some people believe that our rights should come from government (Obama) and not God.  That is why we are witnessing a fight over the Supreme Court nominee.  With an activist court, we will lose our guaranteed rights and become another Europe where speech, religion, unlawful search and seizure and the right to possess a firearm will be lost.  This is how important this next election is.  Our liberties are at stake.   Hopefully, the voters will wake up or this may be our last free election.