And I have said explicitly I'm fine with it being illegal, I just disagree with the way it's been done.
All of your posts to me have carried the same message. My antiquated notions of fundamental constitutional principles and original intent are outdated and obsolete. I need to get with the times. Go with the flow. Join the crowd. Go along to get along.
This is the message of Boehner and McConnell and the GOPe. I understand it, I'm just not going to do it. The only question I have is why you're here trying to convince me we need us some more of that.
You keep trying to twist my words to make me appear statist.
It’s just not true at all.
I am also not trying to tell you your thoughts are antiquated.
I tried to show you that these same concerns have been in play since the founding.
I am also not saying you are wrong to believe what you believe.
Maybe it a matter of age. There are some issues that have no possible resolution under normal circumstances. Currently our circumstances are normal or status quo.
A major shift or catastrophic change would be required to reverse 200+ years, (closer to 300) of US government policies, and body of law built on even older policies and law.
All I am telling you is that it’s real nice and admirable that you wish to return to Federalism, but that, just like that story about Crockett, is in my view a myth as well, because we never operate that way. If we had done so for any length of time (decades) SCOTUS would have had great difficulty finding precedent for what they do today, which is why it’s critical to place more originalists on the Court.
But we don’t have them either...
To make matters worse, the current leading candidates are not Constitutionalists, and would likely retain the status quo. making no changes or perhaps making it much worse.
So, if the people don’t even care enough to make sure that happens, even on the conservative side..
Then what the hell!
How do you fix that?
Anyway, to sum it up, we can talk about it all day and every day, but none of that will ever translate to action. It has not done so for 250 years, and I think it’s a fantasy.