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The United States Constitution is the most important document ever printed on paper.  At least that’s how I see it.  I wonder how many American citizens understand and realize the impact this document has on their daily lives?  How many hundreds of thousands have died defending this document?

I think we often take this little document for granted.  There are 4543 words in the original, unamended Constitution, including the signatures.  The Declaration of Independence has 1458 words.  Six thousand of the most important words in World history.

I bring this up today because once again the high court is in session – hearing cases that everyone can argue in their living room or on TV without fear of reprisal from their government.  The court handed down a 5-4 ruling today regarding limits on police searches.  The ruling itself isn’t the issue with me – it’s much too technical for a layperson like myself to grasp.  The most amazing thing about this ruling is the 5-4 vote.  Scalia – a HUGE conservative voted with Ginsburg – a MASSIVE liberal (once President of the ACLU) and Roberts – conservative – voted with Breyer – liberal.

We have such an amazing system in place.  Our legislative branch make the law – our executive branch administers the law, and our judicial branch interprets the law.  Sure – we have our arguments.  We have Rush Limbaugh and Bill Maher.  We have Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes.  We have President Bush and President Obama.  We’ve got our fights, no doubt about it – but we also have something very few countries have: boundaries.  We don’t go too far right – we don’t go too far left.  We tend to swing around right in the middle.  Contrary to what you might hear from the far right and the far left.

I just thought this was appropriate considering the court is in the news and in session today.

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