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It breaks my heart to realize what constitutes a #ConstitutionalCrisis in the USA.
- That the 13th Amendment doesn't actually abolish slavery is not a Constitutional Crisis.
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- That the 13th Amendment doesn't actually abolish slavery is not a Constitutional Crisis.
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- That the 2nd Amendment is turning our schools into war zones, our children into human shields and our teachers into a government sanctioned armed militia is not a #ConstitutionalCrisis
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- That our prisons are filled with people of color is not a Constitutional crisis.
- That our government still cannot account for thousands of children separated from their families at our borders is not a #ConstitutionalCrisis
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- That our government still cannot account for thousands of children separated from their families at our borders is not a #ConstitutionalCrisis
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- That as recently as 2005 Ruth Bader Ginsburg referenced the Doctrine of Discovery in a SCOTUS opinion stating that Native Nations cannot have sovereignty over our lands is not a #ConstitutionalCrisis
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But that our white land-owning male President refuses to submit to oversight by our majority white land-owning male Congress. Now that is a #ConstitutionalCrisis
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Might I suggest that our Constitution has been in crisis since the day it was written. But it took the chaos of Donald Trump for a little over half of white America to notice or care.
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