Specifically, the Founding Fathers had before them the British example of a living constitution without written constants. They chose, for very deliberate reasons, to write down the rules, first in the states and then for the federal government.
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The convention should definitely happen- Major changes should be considered. Reduce executive power, abolish or reduce the Seante, and so on. However, an issue few people talk about, the 14th amendment dramatically changed court’s enforcement, helping both left & right causes.
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For example, the idea that the 2nd amendment applies to the states/DC is only possible with the 14th amendment.
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Well…the anti-federalists (see: Brutus) anticipated exactly that. The anti-federalists gave us the Bill of Rights. As those have eroded, and to the extent they have eroded, all the rest of their predictions have more or less come to pass.
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Dan the most important Branch right now is the Judicial
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What these people also dont understand is that the president is popularly elected, just indirectly. There are effectively 50 popular elections for president. When you consider the other top proposal was Congress appointing the Executive, Madison's position makes more sense.
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But at the end of the day, these people really just dont know anything and are just throwing a hissy fit over losing.
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Did you not read the thread? It’s about the electoral college, which no court has tried to overturn
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The Founders wrote the Federalist papers, but the author of the anti-federalist papers, Brutus, foresaw it. He said the courts would claim too much power..... and he was right
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