I agree on the first two, but the "progressive" amendments of the early 20th century caused the 3d. Then FDR was 4th and LBJ was 5th
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the senate before direct election served as a check on federal power and the implementation of income tax and prohibition massively increased federal power. these were massive mistakes from which freedom never recovered FDR's soft coup couldn't have been done without them either.
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The senate before direction election wasn't supposed to be a check on federal power - it was supposed to be a body where co-sovereigns negotiated on equal terms - the Senate was dead from Lincoln's time Income tax is the same thing
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