According to the “theory,” the adoption of the 14th amendment somehow invalidated the US government. Thus, the “Second Coming of Trump” (on the date of inauguration as originally set out in the Constitution) will inaugurate the return of our true federal government under out true Constitution, and President Trump will pick up as the first legitimate president after US Grant, thus he will be the 19th president.
Don’t ask for details. You would assuredly lose IQ points if they were related to you.
Well all the “changes” they harp about were constitutionally passed. So they are legal and “Constitutional”. Whether they should have been introduced and passed is a different discussion. The Constitution doesn’t prevent us from being stupid & careless - passing stupid poorly and/or thought out amendments can be done ! And we have done it!
I would argue we are on our 4th or 5th “Republic”.
1. Articles of Confederation - 1st Republic,
2. US Constitution - Date Effective 03/04/1789 - 2nd Republic,
3. Post-Civil War US Constitution - 3rd Republic For better or worse changed balance between states & fedeal government,
4. Ratiification of the 16th Amendment US Constitution - 4th Republic Created huge imbalance in funding between the states & the federal government. He who has the gold makes the rules. Fed has the gold they make the rules.,
5. Ratiification of the 17th Amendment US Constitution - 5th Republic Turned the states effectively into provinces. Made us more a democracy then a Republic as the Founders intended. We are now seeing all the consequqnces that too much democracy (mob rule) brings. The Founders warned us !
And no I am not necessarily implying that the earlier Republic iterations were perfect, error free or even necessarily better. There were necessary changes, but the consequences to those changes were at times managed poorly and often violated the republican (little “r”) spirit of the US Constitution