Friday, January 8, 2016

The Past Is Not Qualified To Rule The Present

Story: Texas governor calls for constitutional convention

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for a constitutional convention of states to offer nine amendments in order to “restore the Rule of Law and return the Constitution to its intended purpose.”

This idea of making sure we try to align ourselves at any point in time to some point in the past (assuming we could even figure that out) is just nuts. We do not live in the 18th century. We live in a completely different society and we have much better information now on which to make decisions on how to solve our problems. Just like we would never be arrogant enough to come up with a set of rules today that we demand be used by our descendants, we shouldn't impose that burden on our ancestors.

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