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mk · 4389 days ago · link · · parent · post: Let’s Give Up on the Constitution - Opinion - NYTimes
This brushes over the importance of the difficulties that were involved in these infidelities. Sometimes resistance to action is as important as the freedom to act. When decrees are unhindered, the scope of mistakes can grow large. Consider that for each of these infidelities, what would have the course of action been if there wasn't the Constitutional argument of resistance? I doubt that they would be more measured.The deep-seated fear that such disobedience would unravel our social fabric is mere superstition. As we have seen, the country has successfully survived numerous examples of constitutional infidelity.