I don't think it can and the disastrous policies we've had show that no Amendments could ever prevent the Federal govt from encroaching on the rights of the States and individuals.
Here is just a few ways as to how the Bill of Rights failed:
The Supreme Court has ruled that there is no right to be "obscene" and Congress loves to legislate against what they deem to be "obscenity".
The NFA and the Gun control Act of 1968.
The fake trials against the Native Americans where Jackson executed them.
The income tax takes away your right to plead the Fifth to the Central govt.
The NDAA.
There is plenty of warrantless searching and wiretapping done by the Federal govt in the name of national security. See U.S. PATRIOT Act.
The 10th Amendment has really only ever been applied by the Fuller Court. The draft and the war on drugs are examples of the 10th Amendment not meaning anything as well as all the Federal crimes for which one can be prosecuted.
The 14th Amendment limits the States which allows the centralist govt to bomb the hell out of the States if they don't do whatever the centralist govt wants. In other words, it gives the centralist govt the power to enforce rights.
The Supreme Court decides where the Bill of Rights applies rather than the States.
I think the necessary and proper clause and the powerful executive make it so Amendments mean nothing.
Here is just a few ways as to how the Bill of Rights failed:
The Supreme Court has ruled that there is no right to be "obscene" and Congress loves to legislate against what they deem to be "obscenity".
The NFA and the Gun control Act of 1968.
The fake trials against the Native Americans where Jackson executed them.
The income tax takes away your right to plead the Fifth to the Central govt.
The NDAA.
There is plenty of warrantless searching and wiretapping done by the Federal govt in the name of national security. See U.S. PATRIOT Act.
The 10th Amendment has really only ever been applied by the Fuller Court. The draft and the war on drugs are examples of the 10th Amendment not meaning anything as well as all the Federal crimes for which one can be prosecuted.
The 14th Amendment limits the States which allows the centralist govt to bomb the hell out of the States if they don't do whatever the centralist govt wants. In other words, it gives the centralist govt the power to enforce rights.
The Supreme Court decides where the Bill of Rights applies rather than the States.
I think the necessary and proper clause and the powerful executive make it so Amendments mean nothing.
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