Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives.

After all, our Constitution was intended as a popular document. It was drafted and ratified by the people. It established democratic institutions. It entrusts the people with the power to make the tough decisions. And, in most cases, it prefers the will of the people to the unchecked rule of judges.

Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.

I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine.

Well, you know, my wife and I have eight children. We have now 19 grandchildren.

This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document, of course, is the Constitution.