The Constitution is no such instrument as it has generally been assumed to be... Lysander Spooner (1808-1887)

 

The Constitution is no such instrument as it has generally been assumed to be; but that by false interpretations, and naked usurpations, the government has been made in practice a very widely, and almost wholly, different thing from what the Constitution itself purports to authorize... But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain—that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.

Lysander Spooner (1808-1887)
No Treason: No. VI. The Constitution of No Authority (1870)

To understand fully Spooner's quote and book, one must studiously return to periods pre-and-post founding of United States, then question the various narratives even accounts long accepted as foregone conclusions. I would suggest firstly to read the entire Federalist Papers, then secondly and immediately read the entire Anti-Federalist Papers, followed by rereading Federalist Paper No. 84 by Publius a.k.a. Alexander Hamilton.

I would ask oneself as to why the urgency to replace the 1st Constitution ergo Articles of Confederation with the 2nd thus current "easily modifiable" US Constitution, and to recall the former document enabled a newly formed American Nation and Government to resist the English King and Parliament as well the British Empire's military might, then successfully gained independence.

Also, I would ask oneself as to why Hamilton fiercely, rightly, therefore logically, consistently argued, criticizing then rejecting the "then proposed" Bill of Rights not only as unnecessary but inevitably harmful to individual liberty (i.e. Federalist Paper No. 84). To follow up, ask oneself why the same arguments can not be levied against the 2nd US Constitution.

I would too ask oneself as to why the US Government and military as led by President Washington was mobilized against a handful of settlers in western Pennsylvania, merely because the latter resisted new taxation, ironically the very same reason the 13 colonies resisted Great Britain.

To name just a few examples...

That should keep one reading and studying for a bit. And then and only then will one fully understand Spooner's 1870 criticism of the 2nd US Constitution.

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.
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