The framers of our Constitution drafted it with one, and only one group in mind. And though few are aware of it, it was not written for branches of government, political officials, lawyers, career politicians, special interest groups and bureaucrats. Notwithstanding the opinions of scholars, teachers and the Needia (my term for media), the United States Constitution was written for the people, regular folks, you and me.

I know, it sounds corny, but there you have it. It wasn’t written for them, it was written for us. The Constitution doesn’t entrench political power in anyone other than the people.

The founders built our Constitution to act like a raincoat; you pick the size, the color, the design, the particular fabric employed yet in the end the Constitutional raincoat was created as a piece of foul weather gear. As the government rains down on the electorate, your outerwear shields you, wicking the unconstitutional away like water off a ducks back. The Constitution was designed to protect us from the storm.

I just finished a powerful book by the New York Times Best Selling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr. It’s one of those books you read and then immediately re-read to make sure you didn’t miss anything. Nullification: How To Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century is such a book. It dramatically highlights why we all need to learn how to become political survival experts.

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