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Originally posted by: billryan
You mean things like allowing women and the poor to vote? Freeing slaves and doing away with indentured servitude. Keeping a standing military? Amending their "more perfect" paper 27 times?
A Professor of mine once said there is a reason the Commandments were written in stone and the Constitution on paper.
Originally posted by: billryan
You mean things like allowing women and the poor to vote? Freeing slaves and doing away with indentured servitude. Keeping a standing military? Amending their "more perfect" paper 27 times?
A Professor of mine once said there is a reason the Commandments were written in stone and the Constitution on paper.
Umm, . . . no, . . . not like those things cited by billryan, as those were indeed changes done in accordance with the Constitution; DonDiego is just referring to doing things not in accordance with the Constitution's provisions.
In this instance why not just allow the States to decide the marijuana acceptance/prohibition question, . . . and the citizens to whom this is important may choose where to reside/relocate/visit.
DonDiego opines the fact that the Constitution explicitly included the means by which it could be amended indicates the foresight of the Founding Fathers. The fact that it has been amended only 27 times in almost 230 years is further testament to their wisdom. The fact that two of those Amendments include a prohibition on manufacturing/sale of alcohol and a subsequent repeal of the prohibition on manufacturing/sale of alcoholic beverages is further demonstration of the strength of the Constitutional Government.
DonDiego may not agree with all the approved amendments; billryan is free to speculate as to which ones those might be.
In this instance why not just allow the States to decide the marijuana acceptance/prohibition question, . . . and the citizens to whom this is important may choose where to reside/relocate/visit.
DonDiego opines the fact that the Constitution explicitly included the means by which it could be amended indicates the foresight of the Founding Fathers. The fact that it has been amended only 27 times in almost 230 years is further testament to their wisdom. The fact that two of those Amendments include a prohibition on manufacturing/sale of alcohol and a subsequent repeal of the prohibition on manufacturing/sale of alcoholic beverages is further demonstration of the strength of the Constitutional Government.
DonDiego may not agree with all the approved amendments; billryan is free to speculate as to which ones those might be.