Constitution Day
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Constitution Day
The US Constitution is an amazing document, but we are in unprecedented times
This afternoon talked about the legacy of the US Constitution: its greatness, and its failures. Even if you disagree with some of my conclusions I hope I am able to provoke some interesting discussion.
At one point I said that two-thirds of the states must ratify a proposed constitutional amendment. This was an error; it is three-fourths.
When discussing the ways in which our Constitution has ultimately failed to preserve our liberties I did not even mention Christopher Caldwell’s thesis that the Civil Rights Act created a new competing constitution that places equity above all other goals. I go into great detail about this thesis and Caldwell’s book Age of Entitlement on my other blog.
I just read your analysis of Caldwell’s thesis. That was very eye-opening. Because I don’t view everything in my life as filtered through the lense of race and racism, it’s difficult to accept that this appears to be so endemic in the hearts and minds of so many who will work tirelessly to tear down everything that has come before in our history and culture and believe that this is not only necessary, but better. The lie has now become the only truth that will be accepted by multitudes.
That’s actually quite terrifying.
Who would have thought that the noble sounding “civil rights” would yield such poisoned fruits? It makes it me believe this was done very deliberately but people committed to destroying us from the inside out.
I agree that for those who can recognize the truth from the lie, we must continue to stand against the tide and hold fast to what America truly is meant to be. And somehow, in some ways that I can’t see as yet, God must intervene. These ills are to big for us to handle on our own, as I think ultimately this is a battle between good and evil, writ large across all of the stages of the world.
Articles like you write do help. Thank you for bringing painful clarity to my eyes.