Anyway the US Constitution has gems in it like the 3/5 Compromise but you're not allowed to say it's a bad document w/o being the Antichrist
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@arthur_affect Many of the "founding fathers" doubted the constitution would last very long and would need scrapping for better document3 replies 3 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @newzdude76
Conservatives like to gripe abt is bending the Constitution out of shape w/o getting that's the only way our country survived
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Replying to @arthur_affect
How do you run a 21st-century country on an 18th-century document? By layering all kinds of shit onto it that changes its meaning
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@arthur_affect ...later justices and Americans without having to have amendments, although amendments are clearly sometimes necessary.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @FisherBurton
Not really. The concept of judicial review is not at all obvious from the text, which is why Marbury v Madison was a big deal
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Replying to @arthur_affect
The Constitution was straight up badly/ambiguously written on all kinds of stuff. Was unclear if VP actually became President, etc
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@arthur_affect Didn't Thomas Jefferson suggest your constitution should be rewritten every couple of decades?
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