With all the attention paid to the reading of the Constitution in the House it reminds me of the problems I have with so many of the so called Constitutionalists who say they believe in a strict reading of the Constitution. Many of them have no more understanding about what they are talking about than the “keep your government hands of my Medicare” healthcare protesters had on that topic. As for me, I went to one of the few schools that required ALL students to study Constitutional Law since we were going to take an oath to defend it and learning about this period of our history is one of my passions.

While I agree with most of these Constitutionalists that the government is too large and is exceeding its Constitutional powers, that has to be more than a sound bite and talking point. I like to propose to Constitutionalists some mental exercises to help them determine where they really stand rather than just spouting those shallow talking points they heard somebody else spout.