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Simple question. Are you a Literal Constitutionalist? IE Someone that believes in interpreting the US Constitution in a literal word for word way and leaving out the Spirit of the Law.
Poll is open.
Nope, in fact I think there's a lot of the Constitution that needs to be seriously updated.
Simple question. Are you a Literal Constitutionalist? IE Someone that believes in interpreting the US Constitution in a literal word for word way and leaving out the Spirit of the Law.
Poll is open.
There are things that could use some updating, but I think that is a different issue. We have ana amendment procedure. Nothing wong with working through the process to up date a few things. 2nd amendment comes to mind. Make it clearer one way or the other.
Anyone who claims to be a literal constitutionalist is either lying or delusional.
The problem is, most people are ignorant and we all know that actually amending the Constitution is virtually impossible. There are a lot of things that, while they may have been applicable 240 years ago, simply make little sense today and don't apply to the modern world. As time goes on, the Constitution will continue to become less and less relevant.
If it becomes irrelevant enough then it will either be amended, rewritten, or we'll have a revolution and form a new government.... You know, like the Founders intended.
Ok, so which am I, Aderleth?
Or, like in so many cases today, it's just ignored. Most people are sheep and just don't care.
Then maybe those of us who do care just need to be a little more "forceful" in our push to get things back on track. The Tea Partiers CLAIMED they were going to start changing the system, but I've heard little out of them about that in the last six months.
Then maybe those of us who do care just need to be a little more "forceful" in our push to get things back on track.
The problem is, there aren't enough of us who care to make a difference. The Tea Party is a minuscule minority. We need a majority of Americans to care and that's just not going to happen.
We may be a minority, but we are a group that should be willing to do anything and everything to make sure this issue gets corrected.
That's great, got any magic wands to wave? Unless we get a majority of people voting to fix the issue, it won't get fixed.
Yes I do have some magic wands to wave. Quite a few, as do many of the other who agree with me. They come in a number of different flavors.....
9mm, .45ACP, .40S&W, 5.56mm NATO, 7.62mm NATO, etc....
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