I don't think many people would disagree. The 14th was overall a mistake in result. It was illegally passed, but ultimately has led to many unintended consequences.NavyVet1959 wrote:Do you believe that the Constitution as originally intended by the Founding Fathers gives states the right to mandate or prohibit a particular religion?Bladed wrote:You can make the case that the framers of the Constitution intended the Second Amendment to be the only FEDERAL gun law, but they never intended for the Constitution to restrict state governments. I fully support the incorporation of the Bill of Rights, but we have to be careful about making inaccurate or misleading historical arguments.
It was the 14th Amendment that expanded the power of the federals government to allow for federal rules to be propagated down to the state level. Personally, I think that it gave the federal government too much power and combined with the way that the Southern states were forced to ratify it, I don't particularly agree with it. I also don't like the fact that in a single amendment, they lump so many concepts together.
Personally, I believe that the Bill of Rights are sacrosanct since the Constitution would not have passed if those 10 Amendments had not been there.
Unfortunately, until it is repealed, it's moot.