you are clearly more learned than me. It (impressions that it may be outdated and non-valid) came from things I have heard on the broadcasts. I do happen to think the Constitution is not only brilliant for its time but is still valid. I am not Jewish..I do not necessarily validate the Jewish state but I DO believe they have a right to their state like I have a right to my state New Jersey ( oaky not my state but you get my point) I just dont get what all these arguments have to do with FREEDOM! And maybe my problem is that I think about things in context of Constitutional Freedom
The problem with the Constitution is people keep re-interpreting it to better fit their political agenda. Its not supposed to work that way. That means this, and this means that, until it is meaningless. The constitution is now officially blank, because it offers us no protection if it can be argued point-by-point to have broad, vague meanings or sharp, authoritarian contradictory interpretations for situations it was never intended to govern.
We are supposed to "enjoy" a basic system of law, which would protect us from harm at the hands of politicians who bend to the whims of their constituents. They get inducted, and in turn compensate the special-interest electorate by granting various desires. This is not majority, its not even close. No majority ever demanded the excessive taxation we have to endure. No majority ever demanded a vast system of complicated road laws, or laws governing our usages of our own bodies, property, or money.
The few things a majority DOES want is completely unattainable. Enact a special session to remove a politician. Never happen. Enact a special session to strike down a tax or a law, not in a million years. They could easily adopt a system whereby The People would vote like American Idol, pitting two issues in competition, one wins, two winners compete, one winner comes from that, and so on, until one serious State or National concern was raised. This would go to the house, our Reps would voice our position by majority, and it would be acted upon. Fucking simple. Do that for five years, the politicians would be shitting buckets trying to keep us happy.
Instead, they bend, manipulate, and cajole the various implications out of the Constitution, and the BOR, until its all whitewashed and nobody cares. The inmates are running the asylum and we don't even bother to give a fuck, because its so impossible to make any effect. Its like some fucked - up show happening on Mars, and they televise the findings to us on billboards YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU CAN'T DO THIS. YOU MUST ADHERE TO THIS LAW. YOU MAY NOT DO THIS WITH YOUR BODY. YOU MUST PAY THIS MUCH OF YOUR INCOME. WE WILL USE THAT MONEY TO DO CRAZY SHIT. And we're like "ok". Its fucking retarded. Those people are not on Mars, they are in Washington, and I know exactly wheret hat is, its only four hours from where I sit. But it might as well be Mars, or some fictional TV show. Because you can't touch it, or talk to them. And they don't give one red fuck what you or anybody wants, anywhere in this country, except for a select few that are tappin their ass and putting them in the drivers seat to continue doing this crazy fucking shit.
So, no. I don't like the Constitution all that much. I did, at one time. But its fucking worthless, and it is causing us more harm than good. Because the people entrusted with keeping the purity of its purpose are using it for purposes other than it was intended.