The word “constitution” is a big word. It comes from the Latin words “constitutio” and/or “constituere” which means, “to stand the thing firmly in place, together”, or “to establish/appoint”. From it, we get our words “statue”, as well as “statute” (i.e. a law that comes from that same place. Biblically, it refers to a law/decree made by a sovereign, or by God Himself). Therefore, a constitution is what we stand up together in public. Furthermore, in accordance with it, is how we will live. How is our daily living affected when there are large changes to the U.S. Constitution?

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Is evil rooted systemically in social structures, thereby calling for a radical destruction of those structures? Or, in the words of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, does “The battle line between good and evil run through the heart of every man”?

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There are wars and then there are battles in wars. If we use this military imagery, a war has been going on in America for the last 100 years. It is a great contest of ideas between a Constitutional form of government and an Administrative/Bureaucratic/Progressive form of government. During this time, presidential elections have occurred every four years. These are battles in the war that are won or lost. They play a role in the course of the war. But the ultimate victor in the ongoing war is yet to be determined. Many think it is coming to a head. What is at stake in the immense growth of power and size of American government?

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Why are thousands of illegal immigrants from places like Honduras and Guatemala and Mexico coming across our borders? The border wall. DACA. Welfare. Healthcare. Free college tuition. Sanctuary cities. Immigrant voting. All this has created a political problem. Why does there appear to be no solution? Can the Founder’s two main documents, the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, rooted in God’s revelation and natural law, give us guidance through the morass and confusion surrounding the current immigration debate?

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“Black lives matter! Systemic racism! Tear down those statutes! White privilege! Racial injustice! Reparations now!” Impassioned voices, many of whom want to tear down the system and the principles upon which it is built! How ironic - given that the Declaration of Independence is the greatest of all anti-slavery documents! It launched the greatest abolition movement in human history, the United States of America. Within the wider context of slavery itself, one group of people, far from being morally perfect, dared to declare a universal, true moral idea: that all men are created equal in terms of inalienable natural rights. Might the Declaration of Independence be the only thing that prevents our country from further descent into violent chaos and the tyranny that typically follows?

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The domestic and global conversation about human rights today has become muddled and politicized. There has been a dramatic proliferation of the number of rights. This proliferation is taking place by commissions and independent experts with scant democratic oversight. What kind of clarity might come domestically and globally were we to look to the foundations, to the first principles of human rights?

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History does not change. It is always there for us to look at if we want. It is silly only to look at the future. The future is obscure. The present is fleeting. Where have we been? How did we get to where we are? What if there is something great to learn from the past?

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