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To: Conservative Coulter Fan

So when libtards change the constitution it is noble and in the finest tradition, but when conservatives try to get back to the foundation of the document it is considered “radical”?

Do I have that right? ***chrissy, there is some spittle on your chin..***


4 posted on 09/25/2010 8:40:39 AM PDT by mylife (Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
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To: mylife

Liberals change the Constitution without bothering to go thru the onerous amendment process. Just judge-shop till you get one that buys your line of bull.

But conservatives are dangerous because some have talked of making minor changes thru the very process spelled out in the Constitution.

BTW, I wish people would stop talking about such amendments. Give the super-majorities required, it just isn’t going to happen for anything even slightly controversial. When morons can’t get a bill thru Congress or don’t like a judicial decision, they immediately start talking amendment. If you can’t win an election or impeach judges you don’t like, then you certainly won’t be able to get an amendment through, which is orders of magnitude more difficult than either.

In fact, every amendment ever passed has had overwhelming support, not surprising given the requirements for passage. The only exceptions are the post-Civil War amendments, which were passed using somewhat (ahem) shady tactics, arguably invalidating them. Not that such a claim would ever be upheld.


8 posted on 09/25/2010 8:52:26 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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