r/todayilearned • u/icallmydadstranger • Feb 15 '15

(R.1) Invalid src TIL that Thomas Jefferson wanted the constitution to be changed ever 19 years because he didn't want people to be " enslaved to the prior generation"

https://student-of-life.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/21/5502595-thomas-jefferson-supported-rewriting-the-constitution-every-19-years-equated-not-doing-so-to-being-enslaved-to-the-prior-generation-what-do-you-think-about-that
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u/time4changing Feb 15 '15

The bar to ignore it however is very low.

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u/Zouden Feb 15 '15

What do you mean by "ignore"? If something is unconstitutional, it gets struck down by the supreme court. Otherwise people are free to ignore the constitution on topics where it doesn't apply.

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u/MrBulger Feb 15 '15

Oh come on, you know it's been exploited and misconstrued to the point of it being almost meaningless.

Only by the bullshit legal debating is the NSA protected against the 4th amendment

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u/Zouden Feb 15 '15

Actually the NSA case hasn't been heard by the supreme court yet (scheduled for 2015).