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This is their one shot. Now or never.

The removed text from Article 1:

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;–And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Section 9

The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Section 10

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Ryan Walters is a fundamentalist and a hypocrite, but I repeat myself.

You don't have to believe in a god to know this is an abomination. You'd think believing in one would make it that much more obvious.

It's a hard line to walk as a moderator. I share the frustration with my party but the over simplification of "all conservatives" sometimes pushes me to step in... Even if I still somewhat agree. I understand the dubvee folks wanting to take a big step back.

I am a data driven person. I blame my more liberal opinions on things like facts. I wish our media talked more in tables and charts than emotions, but it’s frustrating how easy it is to spin numbers to say almost anything. I don’t think there’s an easy fix — just a lot of messy nuance we don’t always have patience for.

The data is out there, but I wish it was more in our faces. It's almost like this is important or something. /s

Some of my family members are more conservative than I am (which isn’t hard, admittedly). They vote based on what they believe benefits them and their families. From their perspective, that's reasonable — why should they vote with others in mind if no one else does?

The idea that "I vote for what I want, you vote for what you want, and we'll get what most people want" sounds democratic, but it's also dangerously simplistic. It assumes everyone has equal power, equal knowledge, and that the system functions perfectly. I believe it's a large factor in the division we're seeing but I can't say which came first.

I wish this article wasn't survey/opinion based. I don't care how people feel about facts. Is it an opinion that the largest tax bracket is smaller? Nope, it's a number.

They believe they're the victors of Jan6 and can rewrite to say it was a peaceful tourist tour.

At this point I bet more civilians have read it than members of congress.

I feel most of the loud MAGA you hear believes a little too strongly in "history is written by the victors" and don't have enough self reflection to realize they can't always be the victors. It's arrogant and disconnected.

Only the comments that break the rules.

Trump did these things in 2016 as well and here we are

Watch your last line there. This community exists because conservative comms already on Lemmy didn't represent me and my beliefs. I also believe Trump is all those things. I see a lot of my party mates drinking the MAGA KoolAid and I am not alone.

We're not all hypocrites. There's plenty, but not all.

I believe it is a sane response for a person to try to avoid needing self defense. It's not my response (if that tells you anything about me) but I can respect it. I believe most non-gun owners (specifically those that don't even WANT a gun) believe that their place in the city is safe enough that they don't need a lethal weapon. But you can't control every situation.

I have a few guns. I absolutely adore the sport of it. I hope I never need to use them in self defense, but when seconds matter the cops are minutes away.

I don't exactly think you're wrong, but I don't know if I'd stake my (hypothetical) license to practice law on it. They aren't.

If you have dignity, you don't work with Trump. Simple.

Lawyers have an ethical obligation to represent their clients to the best of their ability, so intentionally doing a poor job could be considered a violation and put their license at risk.

I'd rather see Trump bring his best lawyers and rightfully lose in broad daylight anyway.

Since the start of the Trump administration, the FBI has ramped up their use of polygraphs, or lie-detector tests. Used in the past to suss out whether employees can be trusted with secret information, the FBI under Director Kash Patel has a new application for polygraphs: Sniffing out whether employees have ever said anything mean about their boss, the controversial right-wing figure himself.

I couldn't have put it better myself.

If there's one place he's "succeeding" at... https://project2025.observer/