What if 'we the people' decide that free speech should be banned? Or the right to petition? Or, in this case, want to scrub the equal protection provision?
"We the people" are ignorant of the constitution. Just look at the last election.
Sorry pal. I guess I goofed up when I thought this was an AMENDMENT to the Constitution! That’s what “we the people” do. We do it by engaging in the democratic process at the polls. There was a time in this dump when the majority ruled. If the majority decides we shouldn’t have freedom of speech, then so be it.
We the people meant the writers of the Constitution during the convention of 1787, not the general public, not the citizens at large. Moreover, the preamble has no legal force; it is not law.
The real question in this issue is who determines the path for the morals of a society. The society in the most liberal state in the union has twice claimed that no rights are to be taken from homosexuals; they just can’t use the term “marriage” to describe their relationships.
Since when is a word a “right?”
Looks like I’m going to write a few letters to the newspapers today.