Roe Vs Wade Overturned

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(06-28-2022, 09:18 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Not sure what being white has to do with anything, but anyway what is the guy’s suggestion?  Either you draft a new constitution or you follow the one you have.  Should we listen to the white dudes when they say you have to have a fair trial and are entitled to representation?  How about search and seizure?  Can we just ignore that because some white slave owners said the government can’t do that without a warrant?

Wasn't it Jefferson who suggested a new constitution every so often?

https://classroom.synonym.com/

Quote:In an 1816 letter to Virginia lawyer Samuel Kercheval on the subject of calling a convention to revise the state's constitution, Jefferson stated that a constitution should be revised every 19 to 20 years. Jefferson's proposed time period was based on the era's mortality rate. Since a majority of adults at any point in time would likely be dead in approximately 19 years, he reasoned, a new generation should have the right to adapt its government to changing circumstances instead of being ruled by the past.

Like I said though rights that help people live better lives vs taking away rights and writing laws that deny people those rights.

Sure they got things right and wrong.  In the end they were still were not caring about any except people like themselves.  It's a tough pill for some to swallow, but its true.  We can't change that they were that way.  That's the way it was at that time.

That we eventually gave those same rights to most people isn't the point.

Look at the proud boys and their ilk complaining about prisons and how they are treated.  Think they cared before it happened to them?  Of course not. 

So another decision is that Miranda doesn't matter anymore.  Police don't have read you your rights when the arrest you. Was that a good decision?  Some would say no as most people may not know their rights.  Some would say yes because they don't want the police being sued.  

Personally I think that's a bad decision because it takes away a protection for people.  But there are those who will disagree because there was a "legal basis" for it.

As I said, fine line but I will always side with equality and protecting people over "it isn't in there" arguments. Which I know you weren't making but has been made.