Editors note:
If you follow MAGA for a living you’ll notice that many of them keeping talking about restoring America to a “Constitutional Republic.”
Not only is this straight from the Federalist Society I think it’s important for journalists and others to understand what it means if you run into it.
It means that Republicans have decided that the Constitutional amendments (13th ending slavery, 14th providing equal protection and due process to the states, and the 15th forcing the states to let Blacks vote) “ruined” America and should be repealed or otherwise invalidated using the federal courts.
Amending the Constitution is near impossible but these so-called “conservatives” have defined the 2nd Founding is illegitimate because it forever altered the balance of power between states and the national government.
You’re damn right it did.
The imbalance was intentionally shifted with these amendments because states used their sovereignty to try to destroy the Union in a war that they started because they were so high on secession propaganda war became inevitable.
A war they lost.
The amendments were the end result of southern conservative whites deciding to FAFO.
Everything that makes modern America, America is on the ballot this fall. Vote accordingly.
If you follow MAGA for a living you’ll notice that many of them keeping talking about restoring America to a “Constitutional Republic.”
Not only is this straight from the Federalist Society I think it’s important for journalists and others to understand what it means if you run into it.
It means that Republicans have decided that the Constitutional amendments (13th ending slavery, 14th providing equal protection and due process to the states, and the 15th forcing the states to let Blacks vote) “ruined” America and should be repealed or otherwise invalidated using the federal courts.
Amending the Constitution is near impossible but these so-called “conservatives” have defined the 2nd Founding is illegitimate because it forever altered the balance of power between states and the national government.
You’re damn right it did.
The imbalance was intentionally shifted with these amendments because states used their sovereignty to try to destroy the Union in a war that they started because they were so high on secession propaganda war became inevitable.
A war they lost.
The amendments were the end result of southern conservative whites deciding to FAFO.
Everything that makes modern America, America is on the ballot this fall. Vote accordingly.
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