Charles Kessler Tea Party Summary

Charles Kessler, a professor of government, speaks about the theme of the fate of the tea party movement, the Constitution, and the future of conservatism. Kesler believes the Tea Party was a non-popular movement, which was carefully organized through the Sons of Liberty to strike against taxes on tea. It was an act of civil disobedience, and wants to be a main part of conservatism and an ongoing movement. The Tea Party was right in its diagnosis of the problems of American government and conservatism, but wrong in its prescriptions. One thing all the Tea Party senators and congressmen have in common is the sense that Obama Care is not just another piece of legislation, it threatens to spoil our medical care system and to begin to undermine …show more content…
Less populism and more politics, and more political thinking on behalf of the Tea Party, and figuring out a way to think constitutionally and politically will be successful. The documents that once protected our rights and defended us, now needs our defense. The form of government we choose to help defend it, is also in need of big restoration and renewal. He states a few examples of how to bring the spirit of the Constitution and Conservatism together. The Judiciary, is not the final arbiter of the constitution's meaning in anyway, which should be applied to Obama
Care.
Conservatives should be calling for reforms to help reinvigorate a
Constitutional government. We need to help the constitution to work again, correct the mistakes made, and inform the public what is going to happen if something isn't done, than no matter what we do to help, will not prevent self-government to slowly fade away. Conservatives have not tried any constitutional changes or maintain a good policy for years. American conservatism has had a disinterest in the good for the document that makes self-government possible. We can learn from the mistakes made from when we last tried to reinforce all these ideals, and have