Showing posts with label declaration of independence. Show all posts
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Constitutional Limits of Representation

The most important issue never resolved was the issue of fairness. In particular, the discussion of fairness was cut short by the imposition of ideology - mostly on constitutional terms.

In these ideological debates, a great deal is made of the Preamble to the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the first 10 Amendments, but very little attention if paid to the intrinsic wisdom in other areas.

If you step back from the Constitution and look at it as a system of governance, not government, much of the ideological barricading is quickly lost.