I think we are presently involved in a civil war in this country. It is not a civil war where citizens are shooting guns at one another. It has certain similarities to the well-known Civil War, but it is also much different. It is a war of ideologies.
In the present civil war, the fight is between those who think that states are sovereign and those who think that the Federal government should have as much power as possible. It is a civil war which pits those who admire how the Founding Fathers established this country, designing the Constitution to form the framework for its governance, against those who think the Constitution is an out-dated document and should be changed or eliminated. It is a civil war in which one side has as its leader one who thinks he has the right to pick and choose which laws he will enforce as the head of the Executive Branch. The other side respects the balance of powers as described in the Constitution. The Attorney General has contributed to this war by bringing lawsuits against several states over several different issues. Several states have taken the bull by the horns and filed lawsuits against the Federal government over the provisions in Obamacare. This civil war is basically one in which one side wants to transform our country into one with an entirely different structure against the other side which would like to return our country to the type of country our Framers envisioned.
So far, there is little or no loss of life in this civil war. I do wonder whether that will continue. It is starting to look like more and more folks on the left side of the political spectrum are considering some sort of violent revolution if their side comes out on the short side of future elections. One of the truly great things about America's history is that we have ALWAYS had a peaceful hand-off of power from one administration to the next. I pray that Americans will choose to continue to live in peace with other Americans. We certainly do not need an un-Civil War.
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