<>Meanwhile, we experience the rewriting of the Constitution on a piecemeal basis, every time the SCOTUS issues its rulings for the year.<>
Yes, from FDR until PDJT the Scotus was an almost annual amendments convention. Scotus inflicted enormous harm on a supposedly self-governing people.
Freepers have accused me of assuming only conservative oriented amendments will emerge from an A5 COS.
That just isn’t so. While I wish to return to pre-17th Amendment government, I would reluctantly settle for a non-tyrannical Scotus and elimination of the Deep State
At least with poor amendments like the 16th - 18th, we did them to ourselves and can repeal them, which we did with the 18th and which an informed people would do to the 16th and 17th.
At least with poor amendments like the 16th - 18th, we did them to ourselves and can repeal them, which we did with the 18th and which an informed people would do to the 16th and 17th.
This is another thing I often find annoying. People focus on wrongheaded amendments like the 16th, the 17th, and the 18th amendments, but never seem to be bothered by three that I consider to be the worst.
The 14th, (Anchor babies, abortion, gay marriage, banning prayer in schools, rewriting "natural born citizen", expanding interstate "commerce" etc.)
The 24th, (Giving *NON* taxpayers the right to vote. Creating our welfare state, and bloating our federal bureaucracy.)
And the 26th. (Letting stupid 18 year olds vote when they haven't yet had to live in an adult economy.)
Yes, your's are bad, but mine are just as bad and in some cases, worse.
Can we agree that most of the amendments after the first 10, suck?