No sooner was the Constitution in place than our leaders began ignoring it. John Adams supported the Alien and Sedition Acts, which violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech. Thomas Jefferson thought every constitution should expire after a single generation. He believed the most consequential act of his presidency — the purchase of the Louisiana Territory — exceeded his constitutional powers.
Least he's being honest.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
To quote the great philosopher Kent Brockman, "Democracy doesn't work!"
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I would agree that the specifics are fucked. But there are certain ideals embedded in our founding documents that are essential to a free people, and to abandon that would be the death of the American Dream. Which is already on life support as it is.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
You get as much freedom as ass you're willing to kick (or get kicked on your behalf).
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."