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Why go through all the trouble of amending the Constitution when you can just do whatever you want because nobody's going to stop you? Suppose Trump declared himself king tomorrow. Who with any power is going to push back? It doesn't matter if it's against the law if nobody cares about the law.



I was responding to this:

> Playing devil's advocate - but the people asked for this, right? Isn't it time to amend the constitution then?

> The will of people is the ultimate judge, isn't it?




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