I don't think republicans really understand the constitution...

[redsamurai]

They seem to think they can uphold it as an irrefutable document at one moment, and then turn around and say the founding fathers didn't account for this at another moment. It's very vexing.

I actually think the 14th amendment probably does need a fix but it's been so hammered into me that last 2 years that the founding fathers were omniscient oracles that foresaw 500 years into the future. Surely this hasn't changed in 6 months right? So if we needn't fuck with the constitution in the beginning of 2010 why should we fuck with at the end?







all bullshit aside...it's a shame that political fecklessness is destroying the very political and judicial process that the founding fathers tried to instill in the constitution so that we can deal with future problems. The point is you can't pick and choose those issues that you feel are sacrosanct and those that are not.

 

[-SD-]

Kind of like how people think the 2nd amendment doesnt mean we can actually have guns?
How about this: I just dont think the founding fathers could have foreseen mass communication weapons such as the internet and television and how much unfair influence they have. We need to take another look at the 1st amendment.

 

[javaguru]

and Dems don't understand it when it comes speech they find offensive. That's why the founders made it so difficult to change the document....and the court system is actually the hero of the three branches because they have done more more to protect our rights in the last few decades than the congress and Pres have done combined since the Constitution was ratified. As a matter of fact, the executive and legislative branches have been endeavoring to reduce our freedoms and reduce us to serfdom.

 

[ceo]

up for plunkey...

 

[OMEGA]

My fav is their stance on Off Shore Tax havens and giving breaks to companies that ship jobs to oppressive states where there are no labor rights

thats a Joke to democracy...

I am not saying not to do business with other states but dont ship jobs there lol

 

[nimbus]

i think most politicians understand the constitution a lot better than you do

but they'd rather use it as a tool to push their agendas than to strictly uphold it

 

[mrplunkey]

up for plunkey...

Only in America could a reconstruction amendment dedicated to protecting newly-freed slaves morph into a rule granting citizenship to a baby born here even under illegal pretenses.

USA! USA! USA!

Having said that, we're stuck with it. Laws and amendments have consequences and they should have thought that amendment through back in 1868. There would have been much better ways to achieve their original goal.

 

[PICK3]

Laws and amendments have consequences and they should have thought that amendment through back in 1868. There would have been much better ways to achieve their original goal.

Are you sayin' the founding fathers weren't evolved

 

[binö]

My fav is their stance on Off Shore Tax havens and giving breaks to companies that ship jobs to oppressive states where there are no labor rights

thats a Joke to democracy...

I am not saying not to do business with other states but dont ship jobs there lol

cause we know only evil white repubs do this, a dem would never consider cheating taxes (rangel and waters are nonwithstanding).

 

[mrplunkey]

Are you sayin' the founding fathers weren't evolved

No way. They were already men. You can't evolve more than that.