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Should It Be So Difficult To Amend The Constitution?

Amending the Constitution....


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Shad

Veteran Member
Could you provide some examples of what those rights which require no government nor external person to create, and which any individual can exercise? I only ask because it seems pretty clear to me that any "government," possessing untrammelled governmental authority, could deny any such "right."

Please read my posts in the thread for examples.

Suppress not deny.

What I am trying to suggest is that things like bills of rights are a deliberate attempt to curtail the power of government to interfere in ordinary human life in certain ways. Thus, whether it's complete or not, or correct or not, the US Bill of Rights enshrined in amendments 3 thru 12 seem to me a really admirable attempt by governments to curtail their own power over individuals -- even when rabid majorities try to insist!!

Said rights are based a divine clause.

Probably not as much as you'd think...even our thought processes are shaped immensely by the environment in which we were nurtured. This is as true in matters of political philosophy as it is in matters of religion. As Francis Xavier, the Jesuit founder, said..."give me the child until he is 7, and I will give you the man."
Which is only suppression via a competing idea
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
But we can test our own beliefs in a scientific manner.
Some beliefs are testable, eg, acceleration due to gravity = 32 ft / sec / sec.
Other beliefs aren't testable, eg, abortion is a natural right., Jesus was a good dancer.
 

Falvlun

Earthbending Lemur
Premium Member
While I think the Constitution should be a living document with the ability to be amended, I do not trust our political climate at all. Partisanship ruins the ability to compromise. Money is corrupting everything. I would be very frightened if a Constitutional Convention was called now. As such, I am very happy that there’s such a high bar set.

And if there’s something important enough that essentially everyone agrees needs to be fixed, then we still have the ability.
 
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