[MosesKnows]

I would appreciate all opinions.

[Navy Patriot]

...the Constitution is solely about what the government can or cannot do.

You are correct as to the overall structure of the Constitution, however The Federal Government and State Governments are limited separately, and not entirely the same ways.

[Jim W N]

I assert that the Constitution is not about what the people can and cannot do; the Constitution is solely about what the government can or cannot do.

That is correct. According to the late Judge Robert Bork, the recognized leading constitutional scholar of his time, the correct way to interpret and apply the Constitution is as written and originally understood and intended. Having done thus, I find the above assertions are correct.

I also assert that the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are not law. This assertion includes the 18th, 19th, 23th, 24th, and 26th Amendments.

Upon what rationale do you base these assertions?

[Jim W N]

I would add what Navy Patriot said and say that the Constitution is mainly pointed at the federal gov’t which it created, with certain limited restrictions on the states.

[Yo-Yo]

I also assert that the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are not law. This assertion includes the 18th, 19th, 23th, 24th, and 26th Amendments.

It is impossible for a Constitutional Amendment to be 'unconstitutional.'

If your assertion involves how some or all of those amendments were ratified, then that's a different argument.

[aimhigh]

ping

[Macoozie]

The Goobermint through FORCE of all kinds will do whatever it wants, Constitution be dammed.
They have always done it that way.

Until The People say “No More!”.

[Fledermaus]

You are correct. It tells the government what it can do. And more importantly what it can’t. They ignore the can’t because we let them.

[BHI2025]

for later

[SisterK]

you are correct
it is to protect the people from abusive government