Letter: Amend Constitution to hear voice of majority

On Sept. 17, 1787, our U.S. Constitution was born extremely flawed. It allowed for the federal government to suppress speech, ban religions, judges to order the execution of people, raid homes for no reason, senators to be selected by state legislatures, denied women and minorities the right to vote, allowed presidents to serve unlimited terms, allowed one American to own another American and other wrongs.

The act of amending our Constitution is as old as 1791. It is amended on average every 13 years. There are three gaping holes in that cycle of amending. The first two came after failures of our democracy ending with the Civil War and the Gilded Age. The third one we are in now. The last proposed amendment was 45 years ago. We are now hearing arguments against amending our Constitution to remove the electoral college, not because we need the president elected by a few 'men most capable,” but rather to deny the will of the majority of Americans because it is assumed they will vote for Democrats. If you are happy with denying the will of the majority in the selection of our leaders for a set term, you have to ask yourself whether you believe in democracy or in factional politics. Those who believe more in factional politics than in a democratic republic should schedule a trip to visit their ideological forefathers at the tombs of Mao, Marx, Stalin and Castro.

Slaton Anthony

Mount Vernon