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I never understood why Americans treat their Constitution like some holy book (files.catbox.moe)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Another big constitutional issue is the influence of money in Federal elections. It is a logical outgrowth of the first amendment, but causes a ton of problems. Citizens United was rightly decided, it's just that the outcome sucks.

I used to ask people:

If you could write a constitutional amendment of 15 words or less, what would it say?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It seems more like just another thing the constitution overlooked, by being too vague.