Can’t Self-Enforce Our Way Out Of This Mess

That damn Constitution and those damn amendments. Always an obstacle. Especially depending on whether you use the paper it’s printed on as a shield, a weapon, a distraction, or a promotional tool.

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is the hot topic these days. Here it is below:

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Did I say hot topic? Tepid is probably more like it. Well, let’s put it this way. Legal scholars and TV talking heads are debating whether or not it’s self-enforcing and rules out a presidential run by you know who.

Let me say this about that:

If folks are fighting mad over whether or not the orange buffoon is either the saddest excuse of criminal humanity currently on the planet or some sort of divinely anointed martyr-to-be then I don’t think this debate is going to self-ennunicate a solution.

As long as Supreme Court Justices can wine and dine their vacations away on other folks’ dimes there’s no such thing as self-enforcing. Self-enriching for lawyers. But that’s about it.

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Author: Warner Crocker

I stumble through life as a theatre director and playwright as well as a gadget geek...commenting along the way. Every day I learn something new is a good day, so I share what I find exciting, new, stupid and often worthwhile.

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