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Last Days Watchman ^ | Julio Severo

[sport]

The Republic that the Founding Fathers created is gone. As a people, we prefer the [now] light shackles of slavery to the heavy chains of personal responsibility.

[Ohioan]

Due to the imposition of universal suffrage via constitutional ammendment, have we not become a de facto Democracy?

That has been the attempt, via both what you cite, and a general push in that direction. But no. The written Constitution still only grants certain functions to the Federal Government; still includes specific limitations on what the majority can do. Moreover, the amendments do not actually impose universal suffrage. They simply outlaw certain specific types of limitation, which the States could formerly impose upon the suffrage.

While no one is trying to invoke some of the possible limitations, not out-lawed, other than disabilities for felons; there are still legal ways to limit the suffrage, which in my opinion should be explored. Such as a limitation of voting rights for any level of Government, from which a prospective voter receives an unearned benefit. (An obvious conflict of interest.)

William Flax

[captmar-vell]

I want to be wrong, but I don’t think it can be turned around,

[sport]

Nor do I.

[kearnyirish2]

“The USA has been ill served since Bush 1, and its been downhill ever since,”

That’s a very accurate description; well put.