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In reply to the discussion: Democratic Reforms Held Hostage To Absurd Amendment Process [View all]eniwetok
(1,629 posts)And NO, as shown in my analysis at http://reinventing-america.blogspot.com/2012/11/do-those-27-amendments-prove-we-can.html NONE of the amendments actually deal with the core issue of state suffrage... and whenever state suffrage is involved, that AUTOMATICALLY makes that body or function antidemocratic in the sense that states with a MINORITY of the population can prevail.
And pray tell, where did I ever say an amendment should be EASY to pass. I was quite specific about that in #28
28. I have NO problems with making amendments difficult
Sure, amendments should be well considered, have popular support, and that should support must be constant over some period of time. What we ALL should object to is a process that is so antidemocratic it makes serious reforms impossible... a process that allows ultra tiny minorities to hold the process hostage... and is so poorly thought out it can allow for amendments that were only approved my a MINORITY of Americans.