They’re Called “Amendments” for a Very Important Reason

96 years ago today, Congress passed the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcohol.  As we all know, this was overturned in the early 1930s.  Relevance?  The U.S. Constitution, a document that some have argued is the most important in the history of humankind, changes over time, which is the reason we call these things “amendments” and not “banana peels” or “burrowing animals.”

We need one now, and I believe we’ll get one fairly soon, that overrides the horrific 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United,” which gives corporations the power to spend as much as they please influencing our elections.  Linked above are some background materials that my contributors and I have written on the subject over the last few years.