Preemptive Suit?

We give the job to someone who tells us in advance he isn’t going to do his job properly.

That job is simple enough. The president’s duties are few and not onerous. In performing them, he must "preserve, protect, and defend" the Constitution. But we know in advance that he will not, despite the oath he has taken to do exactly that. It has been that way throughout my lifetime, and probably before that.

In her speech urging her delegates to support Obama, Mrs. Clinton repeatedly referred to one of her pet themes: universal health care. She indicated that Obama shared her passion for such a program. But government-sponsored health care is provided by coercion, as are all government "benefits," and, in any event, is not supported by any hint of Constitutional authority.

The Constitution was written over 220 years ago and has long been disregarded and relegated to antiquity status by nearly all politicians (except Ron Paul) and, more importantly, by the voters who keep electing them.