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Latest MSM Lunacy: 'The Constitution Isn't Working'
PJ Media ^ | 28 Dec 2021 | Stephen Kruiser

Posted on 12/29/2021 11:37:57 AM PST by Rummyfan

Another day, another whiny leftist assault on American institutions, this time using the United States Constitution as cover.

A professor of politics named John Kenneth White has penned an opinion piece for The Hill titled “The Constitution isn’t working.” It’s an odd article because White actually gets a couple of things right at the beginning but eventually veers off into a boilerplate regurgitation of the leftist fever-dream wish list: nuke the Electoral College, JANUARY 6, reform the filibuster…yeah he had a ghostwriter from the Democratic National Committee working with him on this.

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Professor Deep Think here is leading with the fact that the Constitution isn’t working because those tasked with making it work are failing it. Something I can agree with to a point, especially when it comes to Congress and the fact that our legislators have been punting their duties to the executive branch for decades now.

Here’s the thing though: he only takes issue with Republicans.....

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1 posted on 12/29/2021 11:37:57 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

The freakin’ covid shots aren’t working either but I don’t hear anybody lobbying to get rid of those.

Also, check my tagline


2 posted on 12/29/2021 11:41:16 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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our constitution was created precisely to defend against lunatics like John Kenneth White who want to abolish both our constitutional rights, and our inalienable rights-


3 posted on 12/29/2021 11:41:45 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Rummyfan

The Constitution isn’t supposed to “work”.

It presents a framework to be followed.

Perhaps it could be followed better.


4 posted on 12/29/2021 11:43:19 AM PST by SaxxonWoods
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To: Rummyfan

It’s been largely ignored since the 1930s.

Put diesel in your gas tank long enough….


5 posted on 12/29/2021 11:44:06 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Or at all!


6 posted on 12/29/2021 11:44:23 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Rummyfan

The flaw in the Constitution is democracy. Only free people can use their power to vote to destroy their own country. The Democrats will correct that vulnerability.


7 posted on 12/29/2021 11:44:23 AM PST by Spok
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To: Rummyfan

Hindering government is what the Constitution is intended to do. So if government is being hindered then yes, thankfully, it is working just fine.


8 posted on 12/29/2021 11:44:35 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Rummyfan

Constitution as designed hasn’t been in effect since the Wilson administration when the precursors of the Deep State were set in motion.


9 posted on 12/29/2021 11:44:52 AM PST by bakeneko
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Here's why....The Revolutionary Party USA....


10 posted on 12/29/2021 11:45:31 AM PST by yoe
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To: Rummyfan

Taking an oath to uphold the US Constitution is what is not working, nor holding treasonous traitorous oath breakers accountable.


11 posted on 12/29/2021 11:56:09 AM PST by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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To: Bob434

We recently had a pResident who thought this same way

He was just more clean and articulate than this guy about it


12 posted on 12/29/2021 11:57:43 AM PST by digger48
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... especially when it comes to Congress and the fact that our legislators have been punting their duties to the executive branch for decades now.

My issue with this statement is that I strongly believe that the problem is that Congress writes its laws IN WAYS that ENABLES the unelected regulators! Granted they are legally apportioned to the Executive but in our Kafka-esque reality, the Presidency and the line-authority deriving from that office, has little control over these career bureaucrats and THEIR agendas. Thus when Congress 'writes a law', or more factually, when Congress, Staff & Lobbyists write a law / legislation, it comes to the regulators to be 'fleshed out' foe enforcement.

This is what Trump faced with insufficient support [examples: Speaker Ryan, AG Sessions] and the total hostility from this very real Regulatory State. These bureaucrats, having built their careers in growing their power, were then and now totally resistant to any challenge to their positions.

Witness the utterly logical move of portions of the US Department of Agriculture to Kansas City. Results to date? Multiple transfer of personnel to other departments, continuing protests with much claim of COVID hardships.

13 posted on 12/29/2021 12:41:40 PM PST by SES1066 (Ask not what the LEFT can do for you, rather ask what the LEFT is doing to YOU!)
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Isn’t working because the sh*t calling themselves “americans” are too ****ing stupid too make it work. They think they are the smartest humanoids ever to live on da planet because they know how to operate a cell phone. Unfortunately, they are wrong. Idiots.


14 posted on 12/29/2021 12:44:21 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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15 posted on 12/29/2021 12:47:16 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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When the people elect foreign freeloader “refuge” America-haters to Congress, it does make it difficult to use the Constitution to run the country. The sh*tbirds want “free” stuff and the Commie Lib’s “race card” now rules the country.


16 posted on 12/29/2021 1:00:31 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Refuge =”refugee” .


17 posted on 12/29/2021 1:03:59 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: Rummyfan

The Constitution works just fine when it’s followed.


18 posted on 12/29/2021 1:06:02 PM PST by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: V_TWIN

Your tagline would make a great bumper sticker!


19 posted on 12/29/2021 1:13:36 PM PST by ProudVet97
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To: Rummyfan

The Constitution works just fine.

The problem is, we stopped using it in 1918.


20 posted on 12/29/2021 1:18:04 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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