Not all of us... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

I am appropriately humbled and apologize.

frankj1 wrote:

I trust your knowledge of the law over mine.
I'd like that passage to have "person" replaced with "citizen."

They wrote the constitution for all "Americans". Think they envisioned those as being American citizens; not Central American citizens.

Afterall, All people created equal was written. Tell that to the slaves.

8trackdisco wrote:

100% agree... and Clinton was deporting people left, right and center with zero injunctions. Same with Bush. Same with Obama. Now it's Trump, soooo... it's bad and they need "due process".

MACS wrote:

wouldn't have been simpler for you to say it's also wrong this time...or maybe this time is different for you?

frankj1 wrote:

100% agree... and Clinton was deporting people left, right and center with zero injunctions. Same with Bush. Same with Obama. Now it's Trump, soooo... it's bad and they need "due process".

MACS wrote:

Don't be slow, Frank. The difference is that what those other presidents did was to deny Habeas Corpus to American citizens.

RayR wrote:

I heard it’s a living document.

HockeyDad wrote:

If the person was in the county illegally and committed illegal acts while here and a judge tried to help or tied to help him escape justice then they should all be held accountable for their illegal acts.

Justice should be blind with no peaking no matter who you are.

BuckyB93 wrote:

of course, as long as the provisions of the Constitution are followed while determining if said acts are illegal.
Without that, any one of us could be victims of a too powerful government in the future.

frankj1 wrote:

If the Founding Fathers wanted 27 additional provisions (amendments) whey weren't they part of the original document?

8trackdisco wrote:

Thomas Jefferson, and other "Founding Fathers" did express the idea that each generation should have the opportunity to update or even rewrite its own founding document, essentially arguing that a constitution should not bind future generations indefinitely.

Jefferson wrote in a letter to Madison that the Constitution should be revised every 19 or 20 years, allowing each generation to establish the form of government it desires. He stated in that letter it would be tyranny to be governed by a document written by previous generations.


Ultimatly the Constitution was not designed to be rewritten every generation however, it does include provisions for amendments, allowing for its interpretation and application to evolve over time through the amendment process.

The issue is, if you don't want to follow what is written into law/constitution.. change the law BEFORE breaking... using the preocess laid out to do so. Especially when you have taken an oath to uphold that constitution... even if you later claim you "don't know" if you are required to follow it...

drglnc wrote:

pre-Trump, rayr would disagree with you.

frankj1 wrote:

HD is just kidding.

They don't even bother to amend the thing anymore. Too much work. Because LEFTY says IT'S ALIVE, I've heard it's OK to just ignore it as a thing written by old dead white guys and do whatever evil stuff you want.

RayR wrote: