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This would be a very bad idea. If you note, his list of quotations of people saying "Let's just ignore the constitution" basically ends with the abolitionists.

This would be a very bad idea. If you note, his list of quotations of people saying "Let's just ignore the constitution" basically ends with the abolitionists. Shortly after them, the bloodiest war in American History (form our point of view) was fought. The Constitution came out of that war as a document that all states were basically locked into. You weren't allowed to quit. If you were to dissolve the Constitution, and brought 50 states back to he negotiating table (especially in this time of hyperpartisanship), I doubt you'd get 50 states walking back out together. For all it's flaws and bits of archaic pedantry, it's the one thing that you can get the majority of Americans to swear their allegiance to. Also, I rather like the fact that today, people feel that you can't ignore the Supreme Court. This wasn't really the case 150 years ago.

learc83 14y ago
To your point, here is another of his absurd claims. >the president would still be checked by Congress and by the states The states haven't been able to "check" the Federal government since the Civil War.
- natrius 14y ago
  I'd put the date a little later: 1913. The ratification of the 17th Amendment got rid of the states' representatives in the federal government. Most citizens don't care about the particular divisions of power between levels of government, and now that state legislatures can't effectively defend their purview, it shrinks by the day.
  - jrs235 14y ago
    This is also why the Senate can't start tax authorizing bills... The states weren't suppose to be able to raise taxes on the people for feudal matters, only the people should be able to do so through their representation in the federal government, the House of Representatives. I think we could fix a lot of issues by repealing the 17th amendment.
    - jrs235 14y ago
      *feudal -> federal

learc83 14y ago

To your point, here is another of his absurd claims. >the president would still be checked by Congress and by the states The states haven't been able to "check" the Federal government since the Civil War.

natrius 14y ago
I'd put the date a little later: 1913. The ratification of the 17th Amendment got rid of the states' representatives in the federal government. Most citizens don't care about the particular divisions of power between levels of government, and now that state legislatures can't effectively defend their purview, it shrinks by the day.
- jrs235 14y ago
  This is also why the Senate can't start tax authorizing bills... The states weren't suppose to be able to raise taxes on the people for feudal matters, only the people should be able to do so through their representation in the federal government, the House of Representatives. I think we could fix a lot of issues by repealing the 17th amendment.
  - jrs235 14y ago
    *feudal -> federal