For those of you who don't see the possible problems here or are saying folks are being too dramatic, consider that we won in the Heller a d Macdonald decisions by a 5-4 vote each time. With Justice Scalia's passing the court is currently split evenly. While unusual, and previously decided that it requires more than just the belief that a previous decision was improperly made, the Supreme Court CAN reverse its previous decisions. It just takes one changed vote. Given the agenda of the Left, I'm not particularly hopeful that as unusual as it might be that reversing it's previous decisions wouldn't be something undertaken by a left-leaning SCOTUS. In fact, I'd expect such behavior. The balance it currently even, but that will change once a new Justice is appointed. Whether this goes left or right will depend on The Senate and the outcome of the next Presidential election.

What's worse is it's still expected that 2 Justices will retire in short order; one of those being Justice Kennedy who was appointed by Reagan. If the Senate doesn't hold the line on the next appointment until the after the election the vacant seat will surely go to a liberal, turning the balance of power to the left. At that point, even if a conservative is elected as our next POTUS, we'd still be outweighed in the SCOTUS at 5-4. But, if a liberal takes the election, then they'd likely get at least 1 appointment which would put the balance at 6-3 (or worse) in the liberals favor. This could be a nearly potentially irreversible power change in favor of the liberals for at least a couple of decades.

Folks, most of the freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution, freedoms that you continue to enjoy, are only still valid because of narrow victories in SCOTUS. The liberals goal is to dismantle the Constitution and the SCOTUS has been the only thing standing in their way. With a re-balanace to their favor, that protection ends.

Am I concerned about this current situation? Yes, I'd be foolish or naive not to be.