The rain on your wedding day being that the Father of the Constitution thought the president should be popularly electedhttps://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1132080489278447616 …
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To be clear the Electoral College would be a completely indefensible anachronism even if Madison thought it was the greatest thing since wooden teeth but the founder worship defense fails even on its own terms
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yep! a lot of founder worship arguments fall apart upon engaging with what they actually thought
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Especially since they didn't see the constitution or other policies they came up with as being permanent and perfect but expected they would evolve over time to meet a changing world.
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The way conservatives treat the Constitution basically mirrors how conservative Christians regard the Bible—supernatural, timeless, transcending any historical context that might have generated it.
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So you reject the idea of corporate personhood? Cool!
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