Posted on 12/29/2021 5:18:44 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
The U.S. Constitution is the sacred text of American government and civic life. But it's time to face facts: The document, written in 1787, isn't working. The signs are all around us. Just 38 percent of Americans in a recent Gallup poll expressed either a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the presidency, down from 48 percent in 2001. Congress, never high in the public's estimation to begin with, fell from 26 percent to a mere 12 percent. The Supreme Court has also taken a hit, down from 50 percent to 36 percent during the same period.
One reason often cited for the failing Constitution are the people who inhabit its carefully crafted institutions. In Congress, serious legislators are scarce, as many members aim for viral recognition on social media. Freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) freely admitted, "I have built my staff around comms [communication], not legislation." Cawthorn is hardly alone: Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) represent a new breed of legislators who seek recognition and are largely uninterested in passing actual laws.
Disappointing presidents have become the norm. George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump failed to bring the country together, with Trump leaving office amplifying spurious claims of election fraud that led to the insurrection on Jan. 6. Although it is early in the Biden presidency, voter disenchantment is already clear, and the unity he promised in his inaugural address seems as elusive as ever. In the 19th century, James Bryce famously remarked that great men do not become presidents. Indeed, great presidents such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are the exception, not the rule.
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White liberal ‘elites’ hate the Constitution because it stops them from taking control and abusing citizens in the name of ‘speed’... doing their evil faster.
Eff this dude...
Simple the 16th was never ratified by 3/4 of the states - null and void, which also abolishes IRS.
Repeal 17th but likely will have to eliminate most every 3 letter agency 1st. Maybe keep original 3 and any other that show a constitutional mandate.
19th - eye yi yi what to do after the cats outta the bag so to speak. Afraid we may have to live with it.
Goes without saying the Fed Reserve and Central Bank fiat currency GONE too and replaced by the gold standard.
Regarding the 24th I’ll assume the R’s knew what they were doing - afterall how can something be bad if the D’s vote in lockstep against it?
Nah, the previous fake insurrection.
No, it works just fine.
But when men ignore it...
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People.
It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
-- John Adams
I shudda read ahead!
I see that I am with 6 other folks - on the same wavelength.
I hate to say it, but you may be right. Whoever tries to yank at the bandaid first will either be a remembered martyr or die forgotten in a federal prison.
So...a beheading, then.
Of sorts.
Wonder what these pukes would do if Jan. 6th repeated x10 fully armed.
If they were still able to, they would have to change their lil panties.
The legislatures after the 'Miracle In Philadelphia' were less than stellar - a situation that continues today.
I know Woodrow Wilson had his doctorate. Who was the second one?
It was Big Mike, his spouse, that was awarded the PhD.
Nope. She has the same JD degree as her husband has. Unless you're counting honorary degrees. If so then just about every president has a doctorate.
So you all want to get rid of the 14th, 16th, 19th, and 24th Amendments. Add in the 26th and the only people voting would be old white guys. You all would be in heaven.
Dose of reality for you:
The Dems took control of Washington DC, and the Dems are looking to cement their permanent majority by implementing the cheating enabled by the voting changes of 2020. As Joseph Stalin said, “It doesn’t matter who votes or how; it only matters who counts the votes.”
The Dems are looking to turn America into the authoritarian system we see in China.
No phony straw man argument. Just fact.
Not sure why you tagged me on this, given my only comment on this thread.
You say that is if that would be a bad thing.
So what is the solution? Certainly not secession or an armed revolution. It starts with stopping the Dems’ new voting legislation. Will the Dems be successful in eliminating the filibuster, the only way this proposed legislation can pass. Sinema says she will not support the elimination of the filibuster.
Should the law pass, the next step is to go to the courts. Federalization of elections is unconstitutional. The fight will go on, including restoring integrity to the electoral process. It starts at the local and state levels.
I totally agree that the ideal solution would be to fight and win the current battle.
At the same time, I challenge the Dems/Libs and anyone else who suggests that we eliminate/replace the Constitution (i.e. the topic of this thread), that doing so basically returns sovereignty to the individual states. In this latter scenario, I would work hard to ensure that Texas did not rejoin any ‘new’ nation.
Not even close to what I said!
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