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 The Bill of Rights is not a set of vague suggestions or outdated guidelines—it is a line in the sand that government may not cross.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 wer...