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Being a kook is apparently not a deterrence to getting a PhD. The Constitution had a few problems, like the 3/5 of a person thing, but its body pertaining to government is relevant and powerful. Only one thing wrong with the Constitution, it begins with "electoral" and ends with "college".

How is the "three-fifths" of a person a problem with the Constitution? The slave-holding South wanted all of its population - free and slave - to count towards the census so that the South's representation in the House of Representatives would be greater. It was the Northern states which had the "three-fifths" provision put into the Constitution to limit the power of the South.

What's wrong with the Electoral College? It is better than having the House pick the President as was originally proposed. No popular vote 'nationwide' mandate please, that would permit corrupt city political machines to generate nonexistent voters which would influence the results of a Presidential election instead of just the electoral votes of the State in which the city exists...

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