America and the Rule of Law

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Justice Antonin Scalia was a staunch proponent of originalism, meaning he made his rulings based on the original intent of the Constitution, rather than trying to interpret it to mean what he wanted it to mean. The National Review called him “the reliable anchor of the Supreme Court’s originalist wing in an era of deep division and conflict with the ‘living Constitution’ approach to jurisprudence that holds down the other wing of the Court.”

The “living Constitution” approach is actually an effort to destroy the Constitution. It says that America’s founding legal charter no longer means what it meant when written—it is “living” and thus changing to fit the evolving standards of society.

Such application of the law actually promotes tyranny. It leads to exactly the kind of abuses of authority that America’s founders sought to prevent. Yet the more the Constitution is cast aside, the less it protects Americans’ freedoms.

When the law is ignored and the rule of law is destroyed, the nation descends into a state like the nightmarish period of the judges in ancient Israel—when “every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6; 21:25). The end results of that way of thinking are tragic (Proverbs 14:12; 16:25).

Watch this episode of the Trumpet Daily to learn more about where America’s lawlessness is leading.