The Supreme Court Cannot Rewrite the Bill of Rights to Please Knee Jerk Idealists.

Let’s be absolutely clear: the Supreme Court does not have the authority to update, reinvent, or distort the Constitution to fit modern political fads. The Bill of Rights is not a set of vague suggestions or outdated guidelines—it is a line in the sand that government may not cross. It exists to restrain the state, not to accommodate it. And no matter how much the media, politicians, or judges wring their hands, the meaning of our rights does not change with the times.

Take the Second Amendment. Critics scream that we no longer “need” guns because we have police departments and standing armies. They insist that modern firearms are too deadly, too advanced, too dangerous. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: there has not been a significant leap in small arms lethality in over a century. The Gatling gun appeared in 1862. The Maxim gun—fully automatic—was invented in 1884. By the time your great-grandfather was born, weapons capable of mass fire already existed.

The Founding Fathers weren’t idiots. They anticipated technological evolution. And yet, they didn’t say, “the right of the people to keep and bear inferior, underpowered, or non-lethal arms shall not be infringed.” They didn’t limit the right to squirrel rifles or black powder pistols. They said arms—because they understood that freedom means being able to resist tyranny with effective tools. What good is a right if you’re only allowed weapons that are useless in the face of government power?

The Supreme Court’s job is not to “balance” our freedoms against modern public concerns. It is not to weigh the Bill of Rights like a suggestion box. Its job is to interpret the Constitution as it was written and intended. If the American people want to change it, they can. Only they can. The Constitution includes a clear, lawful method to amend itself: a two-thirds vote of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the states. That is how Americans can rewrite the rules—not through judicial activism cloaked in robes and rhetoric.

The Bill of Rights is sacred. It belongs to the people—not to the courts, not to Congress, and not to the President. Any attempt to rewrite it from the bench is not law—it is theft. Let the courts take warning: the American people will not tolerate their rights being diluted, reinterpreted, or ignored. These rights are not negotiable. They are not subject to trend. They are ours. And if anyone—judge, politician, or bureaucrat—tries to gut them, the Constitution has an answer: Amend it, or leave it alone.