Why Not Have OUR Constitution Do What Is Best For ALL From Here On?
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While I may be able to convince a few people I am a constitutional scholar of the 3rd rank, I did not try. Although for this essay, I thought about compiling a list of our “Constitutional” transgressions that are legion, and lesion. Yet, I will only note some from the first half of the 1800s.
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Many of these transgressions have been inculcated into our historical mindset as if we deserved their benefits, even if they would be odious for us to pursue, or attempt now. We have more than I can count of these controversial actions, and I was recently reminded of one we all learned about in grade school.
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Most Constitutional transgressions have supporters, even till this day. Former slave-holders thought they saw many Constitutional transgressions during and after our Civil War. However, there are transgressions throughout our history most all Americans may be able to agree on. When I say most all agree on, I mean it is not one we are going to rescind. A transgression recently put in front of me was in a book about the life of Kentuckian Henry Clay, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and also a U.S. Senator.
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In some ways Clay was, the Mitch McConnell of his…
