The New Deal

The heart and soul of America's environmental movement is the New Deal. Originated in the early to mid 1930s, the New Deal was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's effort to bring egalitarianism and socialism to the United States. And he succeeded beyond his fondest dreams. He succeeded by using his power to reverse a reluctant Supreme Court to embrace his vision for a new America.

Segway to today and FDR's New Deal is embraced by enviro-warriors who seek to take our property rights to shape society to their expectations. But the Bush administration feels otherwise. Scholars have for decades pointed to the Wickard v Filburn case as the foundation for federal government overreach using the "interstate commerce" clause of the constitution to impose regulatory oversight that otherwise might be unconstitutional. An OPED column today in the New York Times discusses the peril that progressives now believe Wickard v. Filburn is in.

There are other legal underpinnings for the soldiers of the envirowars to employ in their effort to stop America's economy and to reverse property ownership. So the battle for America's values and for the world's people to be exposed to freedoms beyond their wildest dreams will be fought one precedent and one skirmish at a time.