Constitutional Literacy

From Abigail's Instagram account this afternoon, "You know you're homeschooled when: You could be going to the homecoming football game or even going to see the latest book to movie adaptation with friends but your 'teacher' registered you for a SIX HOUR Constitutional Literacy Symposium!"

Yes, it’s Friday night and homecoming night at that but HSLDA’s Mike Farris is in Dallas discussing Constitutional Literacy. Mike is a Baptist minister, with a law degree, a political science degree, an LLM in International Law whose argued before the Supreme Court, President of Patrick Henry College, and Co-Founder of the Convention of States Project.

He discussed ten of the worst Supreme Court decisions, some of the case the court came to the right conclusion but for the wrong reason.  The job of the Supreme Court is to upload the law, not make policy and some of the decisions sited were based on member’s opinions rather than their validity by the Constitution.  Because they sited their decisions as based on opinion it opened the door for abuse.

It really was a fascinating discussion and I encourage my friends to check out the Convention of States Project.  It outlines the sad shape our country is in, BUT offers solutions to the current economic and moral decay of our country.

The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.” When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: “Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem  2 Chronicles 12:6-7