re: #193 Scottish Dragon

Point taken, lol.

The 14th and 15th were radical changes that have been called “The Second Founding” where the 19th finally got around to doing what states were already doing on their own initiative. Neither the 14th or 15th would remotely have been possible without southern states being absent from the process.

The 16th and 17th Amendments were also critical to the functioning of our democracy. And there are organizations out there today trying to repeal the 17th Amendment. Think of the nightmare world we would be in without the direct election of senators.