re: #244 Lazarus

As far as the current extant US Government, the constitution is where you go to find out if what the government is doing today is ok.

For example, I believe that being forced into jury duty is basically slavery, but it’s in the constitution. If I tried to use the “this is slavery” argument as an excuse to get out of it or refuse to appear, they would laugh in my face or I would get arrested. If the government set aside some money for something related to expanding jury duty, I’d be pissed but, it’s not unconstitutional, and not outside the range of its legitimate powers. I wouldn’t be ranting on a blog about why it was illegal or some shit. I know that I don’t live in Mikeotopia and the government doesn’t always work the way I would like it to.