09-07-2016, 01:48 PM
Are you familiar the view that the US is like the UK, with what effectively is a virtual constitution?
https://nomocracyinpolitics.com/2013/12/...l-history/
The original concept of constitutional change by Amendment was proven false in the aftermath of the Civil War when Amendments were passed and then blatantly ignored without consequence for 70 years. After this abrogration of the Constitution it made less sense to use amendments to make fundamental changes and we moved to the British method.
https://nomocracyinpolitics.com/2013/12/...l-history/
The original concept of constitutional change by Amendment was proven false in the aftermath of the Civil War when Amendments were passed and then blatantly ignored without consequence for 70 years. After this abrogration of the Constitution it made less sense to use amendments to make fundamental changes and we moved to the British method.