[Scales]

This is an interesting bit of history. The 14th Amendment and the commerce clause is probably the most abused U.S. Con Law provisions. The Fed Courts use these provisions to expand Congressional and Fed Court control and authority over the states in ways that the founding fathers never intended, nor would have tolerated. In Fed Con Law, the background on the 14th Amend was never discussed. Now I see why. This amendment was imposed without benefit of following the constitutional provisions for amendment. The 14th Amendment was presented to me, much the same as evolution is to elementary schools. This is the way it is and this is what happened based on it.

Now I see why they do not want anyone to know that the basis for so much federal court and Congressional control over states is rooted in an unconstitutional constitutional amendment. Talk about a house of cards. That is assuming that all this is true as presented in this argument. It would be an interesting research project or law review article.

[Regulator]

Now I see why they do not want anyone to know that the basis for so much federal court and Congressional control over states is rooted in an unconstitutional constitutional amendment

My point exactly. We've been propagandized. But now that information is freer, and Gen. Grant's guns don't pose a threat, the subject can be discussed once again.

The issue is not whether emancipation or suffrage of African Americans can be obliterated. Virtually no one agrees with that. The question is whether the many asserted offshoots are legitimate.

One way to de-legitimize them is to deligitimize the amendment itself, and start over. What we end up with would be more precise, narrower, and less prone to abuse.