The 16th, 17th, & 18th Amendments were the Progressive Trifecta.
Seems something we read in high school indicated Progressives believed this representative republic experiment, a nation of laws with men limited by a Constitution would end shortly after the loss of recreational alcohol consumption. And it nearly did. Execept Progressives never counted on the resourcefullness of a 21st Amendment repealing their 18th. Too bad the 21st only repealed the 18th Amendment.
The 14th is the turning point. It created, out of whole cloth, an imaginary government devoid of rights, and under which all interpretations of all law (including Amendments) were to be made from the principle of total government superiority, and zero citizen sovereignty - and absolute reversal of the original Constitution.
Greetings Talisker:
Concur with the unintended “role reversal” consequences of 14th Amendment as practiced. And still uncomfortable with the process for how the 14th Amendment came to be. But the 14th as a “Progressive” agenda initiative is not in my frame of reference. Care to expand upon that?
Rick Santorum’s expressed commitment to appoint SCOTUS justices in the model of Clarence Thomas gives me hope. The left absolutely hates Clarence Thomas especially for his stance on the 9th Amendment; which could undo the Statist’s zero citizen sovereignty assult upon our Constitution.
Cheers,
OLA