Posted on 10/05/2005 10:47:57 AM PDT by colorcountry
After the Civil War there was a series of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. At the time, it was important for the Federal Government to act and enforce Civil Rights for the freed slaves.
The most controversial of these amendments has been the 14th. Written in vague, indistinct prose, Supreme Court Judges have used the 14th Amendment to twist the Constitution into any personal political stance they have seen fit.
Why don't we now use the legal powers of Congress, of our elected officials, to rectify the language in this post-Civil War, ambiguous amendment. Let's take this out of the hands of life-time appointed, but political judges.
It's been done before...remember prohibition? Is this a viable plan to fix the ongoing Judicial restructuring of our most important and sacred document? Freepers, what do you think?
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