SamuelRSmith said:
--- It's amazing that the Founders missed out on the biggest (and most obvious) flaw in the Constitution... that it's just so easy to ignore. Maybe there should have been a clause that subjects every bill to scrutiny of the courts before becoming law. Obviously, when the Constitution was devised, Congress was more likely to defend the Constitution, anyway, due to the appointment of Senators. Nevertheless, the Constitution was subverted almost instantly: the second President passed laws infringing on the Freedom of Speech (John Adams, Alien and Sedition Act) - the very same people who wrote and voted for the Constitution, wrote and voted for a law that infringed on the most fundamental right in the Constitution. |
Remember that the Federalists of the day did not necessarily support the First Amendment, or anything on the Bill of Rights. It's an Amendment and not an Article for a reason.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.