[sourcery]

Sickening that major social and political issues are decided by an appointed judiciary in a republic.

Sickening that any issues are decided by the state, and not by the individuals involved.

Constitutions don't work, for the same reason that letting a private business regulate/police itself doesn't work.

“The man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, ‘Limit yourself’; it is he who is truly the impractical utopian.” ~ Rothbard

“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.” ~ Lysander Spooner

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Constitutions don't work, for the same reason that letting a private business regulate/police itself doesn't work.

Why not?

Just because free markets haven't existed for decades, doesn't mean they don't work.

[oldbrowser]

“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.” ~ Lysander Spooner

The constitution is a tool. The fact that American citizens have chosen to appoint public servants that refuse to use it correctly is not a reflection of the tool.

[Talisker]

Constitutions don't work, for the same reason that letting a private business regulate/police itself doesn't work.

And exactly, precisely what, pray tell, is your superior solution to a constitution based on God-given natural rights?

[mom of young patriots]

“Constitutions don’t work,”

Yes. They do.