I probably came across as more confrontive to you than i intended. Sorry ‘bout that.
“I probably came across as more confrontive to you than i intended. Sorry ‘bout that.”
Not to worry. This isn’t some smarmy website where we have to pretend that we agree with each other.
Getting back to your point, I listen to Levin from time to time and occasionally he does have a good idea. This isn’t one of them. Truth be told, I really like the content of the Amendments he proposes. And if I had a magic wand, I’d include them.
I don’t have a magic wand. None of us do. Given that any amendment requires 3/4 of the states to ratify, there is no way that the math works. Show me a way that you get a state like MA or VT or IL or CA or HI to buy off on this and I’ll be all ears. The problem is, there really *isn’t* a way and rather than acknowledge that reality and move on, people attack the messenger. Oh well. I’m used to it.
As for Levin, he is an attorney who is unusually well versed in the Constitution. He must realize that the achilles heel for his plan is the virtual impossibility of obtaining ratification. So why does he continue to tout something that he must realize is doomed to failure? Is he stupid? I don’t believe that to be so. Did he not read the ratification requirement in the Constitution? I don’t believe that to be so, either. Is he trying to earn a buck off the conservative rubes? Is he complicit? I don’t know. But the picture it paints is not very flattering.