Before I really start, to counter anyone
saying that I’m anti-American because I ask if we should change our
Constitution, we’ve done it before. Our
Revolutionary War ended in 1783 securing our independence, and our current Constitution
took effect in 1789. Was this a lawless land in between? No. We
had the Articles of Confederation. They
were the first draft of government and they were revised and replaced by a
second draft. All I’m asking is it time
for a third?
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Several years ago as a bit of a project
for a scifi story I was working on, I started updating the Constitution. By updating I mean taking various amendments
on who can vote and Presidential succession and just working them into the main
body of the Constitution. Other changes
were completely scrapping the Electoral College and clarifying some things like
in the First Amendment. (Some people
argue that a comma was added or dropped – I forget which right now – which gives
a different reading, usually more favorable to whatever position they already
have.)
It was a fun way to kill an afternoon, but
in the last few years I’ve started thinking about it more and more. Largely because in the last few years I’ve seen
more and more people who love the Constitution but seem to hate the government
based on that Constitution. They’ll say
that the current government has overstepped its bound and conducts un-Constitutional
actions, even if the Supreme Court – which the Constitution says are the ones
who determine what is and isn’t Constitutional – says otherwise.
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