Judicial Activism

How Judges Stole Your Constitution is shown on this Youtube presentation.

For example see 'The Many Ways Our Rights Have Been Usurped Since 9/11' (here) The Supreme Court tortures the 'Commerce Clause' of the Constitution to bestow more powers to government. Like lower courts, it also effectively legislates by decree via their interpretations.

One classic example of judicial overreach is the famous 'Roe v. Wade' aborton decision which effectively created a 'right' and legislated morality that many Americans did not accept. While 'Prohibition' followed the proper amendment process, Roe v. Wade circumvented that process and became the 'law of the land' by judicial fiat before being overturned. Abortion is not a federal matter. Just as there is no Constitutional right to drink coffee or have intercourse so there is no such right to an abortion. Why isn’t anyone talking about adding an abortion right to the Constitution next to the 2nd Amendment? A good article on judicial overreach entitled "The Imperial Judiciary Of The United States" is found here and another is here. There is even a counter-constitutional movement building in law schools and across the country. (click here for more) Evidently some people think words mean whatever political power wants them to mean.  "[Justice Ketanji Brown] Jackson is often cited as the model of the left, a justice who is unburdened by the language and history of constitutional provisions." (click here for more)

The US system was supposed to exalt the juridical sovereignty of the “several states” so that the central government was of secondary importance. 

The Constitution can be amended. Click here for more.

It can also be ignored / nullified / re-interpreted :
Transition to Democracy here.
Formation of The Administrtive (Deep) State here.
Growth of Judicial Activism here.

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