Walter Williams Warns of Constitutional Ignorance

Via WorldNetDaily:

Suppose Congress were debating a mandate outlawing tea-party-type protests and other large gatherings criticizing Congress. A news reporter asks Nancy Pelosi where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to outlaw peaceable assembly. How would you feel if she answered, "Are you serious? Are you serious?" and ignored the question. And what if, later on, someone from her office sent you a press release, as was sent to CNS News, saying that Congress has "broad power to regulate activities that have an effect on interstate commerce," pointing out that demonstrations cause traffic jams and therefore interfere with interstate commerce?

Speaker Pelosi's constitutional contempt, perhaps ignorance, is representative of the majority of members of both the House and the Senate. Their comfort in that ignorance and constitutional contempt, and how readily they articulate it, should be worrisome for every single American. It's not a matter of whether you are for or against Congress' health care proposals. It's not a matter of whether you're liberal or conservative, black or white, male or female, Democrat or Republican, or member of any other group. It's a matter of whether we are going to remain a relatively free people or permit the insidious encroachment on our liberties to continue.

You will find the entire column here.

I cannot think of another time in this nation's short history when our freedoms and liberties were in as much danger as they are right now, today.

I truly believe that the elections of next November are going to be a watershed moment for this country, as the morning after we are either going to wake up in the United States of America, or a country many of us are not going to recognize.

Should it be the latter, I fear the election of 2012 will come along too late to retrieve the situation.