always fought to reinterpret the constitution because the liberalism and progressivism it enshrines as our working principles must be removed if they are to prevail.
"There is ultimately no clearer underlying distinction between conservatives and liberals than their view on "the concept of equality of all men." This psychological reality underlies most of today's political divisions.
These people's main goal above all is to destroy equality of all men as our core, guiding principle. From equality comes the concepts of government of, by and for the people -- all the people-- and of inalienable human rights.
Strong conservatives by nature simply do not agree with any of it. It feels wrong to them. This type of conservatism is merely a gut thing, an emotional reaction without defined principles and intellectual foundation. They know people aren't equal. How silly of us. Inalienable rights are what protect criminals from punishment and allow Satan to take over America.
Nor, very dangerously, do strong conservatives even believe in the concept of government of, by and for all the people. Again, it's because they do not believe in equality and see elites as more suited to govern. Strong conservatives are comfortable with the need to kiss up and ability to kick down as just part of the natural order.
(The underlines for "strong" are because many moderate conservatives do very much believe in the principles our democracy is based on, which would not have been possible without them.)
So, look at this list and, even though these Trojan horse goals may seem practical and limited as stated, they are anything but. Their goals to are to reinterpret the constitution to replace equality with inequality, inalienable rights with questionable and alienable, and transfer of power of all the people to serve themselves to elite classes, and thus an end to progressivism in government and embedding of authoritarian government with its foot firmly on the neck of the people.
The eleven amendments proposed by Levin:
1. Impose Congressional term limits
2. Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment, returning the election of Senators to state legislatures
3. Impose term limits for Supreme Court Justices and restrict judicial review
5. Require a balanced budget and limit federal spending and taxation
5. Define a deadline to file taxes (one day before the next federal election)
6. Subject federal departments and bureaucratic regulations to periodic reauthorization and review
7. Create a more specific definition of the Commerce Clause
8. Limit eminent domain powers
9. Allow states to more easily amend the Constitution by bypassing Congress
10. Create a process where two-thirds of the states can nullify federal laws
11. Require photo ID to vote and limit early voting
Thank you, JodieMarie
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