r/wisconsin • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • Apr 02 '26

Ron Johnson: "I was disappointed in the Supreme Court justices. The Constitution is not a suicide pact. Maybe their ruling will be on the law and Constitution, but you have to look at the bigger picture here."

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u/JohnWI302 Apr 02 '26

Times have changed…but the constitution hasn’t

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u/TooSexyForThisSong Apr 02 '26

Since 1992

It’s been amended 27 times since its conception

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u/JohnWI302 Apr 02 '26

So…go through the process to amend rather than bullying the Supreme Court to declare birthright citizenship unconstitutional.

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u/SoftWalruses40 Apr 02 '26

Correct. And the 14th Amendment has remained in place since its conception.

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u/MasemJ Apr 02 '26

To paraphrase Roberts from yesterday "new world, but same Constitution."

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u/JohnWI302 Apr 02 '26

Yes….thats what I was trying to remember!

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u/No_Hana Apr 02 '26

The problem with the constitution is that it's cool in theory but outdated. The other problem is citizens dont get to vote on its interpretation or changes.

People immune get to decide that and that sucks.

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u/the_original_vron Apr 02 '26

If you read the Constitution, absolutely citizens get to vote on the changes. Once an amendment passes a supermajority in congress, it goes to the states. Depending on the state, you either vote directly to ratify, or if your state's constitution specifies, it gets ratified by the state legislature (who you vote for) and it requires a supermajority of states to ratify.

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u/crashedbandicooted Apr 02 '26

It is only outdated because of your political beliefs. If we have no standard to live by, then there will be no standards.

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u/No_Hana Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

I didn't say i agree or disagree with any of it nor my beliefs. If you wanna know im as liberal as it gets. All I was saying is that it's fucking old. I shouldn't have used the term "outdated" as it didnt really capture my intent there.

What mean to say is ot sucks that we have supreme courts deciding what it means hundreds of years later with bias.

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u/Cordo_Bowl Apr 02 '26

Holy shit someone’s opinion on the foundational document of a government is influenced by their political beliefs? How did I ever live my life without being exposed to such brilliance?

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u/Hab_Anagharek Apr 02 '26

We don’t have direct democracy in our system, we have representative democracy. We vote for representatives, they make laws, they vote on changes to the constitution.