03-12-2018, 09:02 AM
(03-09-2018, 06:43 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You mean go back to counting black people as three fifths of a human?
The intent of the framers is not very important anymore because the world has changed so much. In 1787 "smaller government" meant more freedom for citizens. But after the industrial revolution and the rise in power of corporations (two things the framers never imagined) "smaller government" means more citizens being oppressed and exploited by powerful corporations.
No. That's no longer a part of the constitution. It's been amended, and since the ability to amend is in the original constitution, then an orginalist would follow the amendment.
And they weren't counted as 3/5 of a human because they thought of them that way. It was tax and representation that were at stake. Some people may not have considered slaves human at all, but that's not what this was about.And it wasn't blacks per se as a free black person would be counted as one.
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