[tacticalogic]

There is no REPUBLIC, without democracy first.

The Constitution was not ratified by popular vote.

[RitaOK]

And your point is???

We are in an oligarchy now. If you are on the wrong side of democracy, you won’t have the Constitution.

Fixing races is not a virtue. The Constitution was full of virtue.

Get it?

Pick your side.

[Rashputin]

So lets go back to that original Constitution had no income tax provision plus it stated clearly that State Legislatures should choose Senators who serve at the discretion of the State Legislature.

Teddy boy would have never made it to the Senate under the rules established by the unamended Constitution first because he was born in Canada, and second because the State Legislature would have never put him in the Senate.

Ted's VAT tax doesn't pass muster under the original Constitution either but all the "back to the Constitution" folks don't actually go so far as to actually advocate repealing the 16th and 17th Amendments that make existing bloated Federal Government possible because they get fatter right along with the Federal Government getting fatter.