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In reply to the discussion: The 2nd Amendment was NOT written "to protect us from our gov't," FFS... [View all]caseymoz
(5,763 posts)The 14th Amendment was written about 75 years after the Constitution.
How are we basing our knowledge of that opinion? By what those guys wrote down. Therefore, how does that better inform us of intent the intent 75 years before when Article VI, Section 2?
If that article didn't inform them, then I have to ask why? As I pointed out, it looks unambiguous. Apparently, it was qualified by the 10th Amendment, but notably, the 10th amendment didn't alter the wording of Article VI, Section 2.
Again, it comes back to slavery. The biggest mistake in the Constitution. It was such a violation of the Bill of Rights that, in practice, the federal government couldn't press the point. It had to compromise for 70 years. Therefore, there was a disconnect between what was written in the Constitution and what people were used to doing.