[WayneS]

A Defective Constitution? Or a Disobedient Federal Government? We must distinguish between defects within a Constitution, and a government’s refusal to obey the Constitution to which it is subject.

This is 100% true.

[Lee'sGhost]

I think Levine does that, to an extent.

The author writes, “It is idiotic to assert that you can rein in a federal government which ignores the Constitution by amending the Constitution!”

I find this statement to be totally lacking of insight into Levine’s approach. It is NOT idiotic to try and rein in a federal government which ignores the Constitution if the amendments SHIFT the power back into the hands of the states and people where it belongs. And while it may be possible that federal government would continue to ignore the Constitution — even as amended — it would require Obama despots to blatantly reject the power and demands of the people rather than simply rejecting the Constitution in a cocoon of “federal power” as is being done now.

To say it another way, it is one thing to ignore the Constitution in an environment of an ignorant, disengaged population vs. ignoring a robust and active population demanding its power back through LEGAL means. It is the brilliance of our Founders that this is possible and allows such “revolution” without arms. Should Obama despots choose to ignore THAT, then the only resort would be armed rebellion. And rightly so.