My Email To Schumer On A DEMOCRATIC Nuclear Option

[eniwetok]

53. There are greater principles than the rule of law

Our nation was founded on moral principles... not law for its own sake which if that had been the case we might still be a British colony. And the Constitution only exists because the so-called Framers went AROUND the Articles... then the supreme law of the land. They were only charged with fixing the Articles which called for unanimous consent of the states for any amendment.

But the Constitution suffers from some of the same defects as the Articles... it's antidemocratic and the amendment formula is such that the system is virtually reformproof. At some point we need to have the same intellectual independence as the Framers to have an intellectually honest debate about the strengths and weaknesses of the current system. My main complaints about it is I'd like to abolish state suffrage and that there be proportional representation in the Senate. One chamber would represent regional interests, the other ideological. It's still checks and balances but the mix is different... and it would allow more viewpoints into the halls of power. I believe the current system is intellectually braindead.