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The original constitution didn't have the bill of rights. the first ten amendments. there was a lot of discussion at the ratifying conventions about having a bill of rights. that was quickly done in the first congress in new york in 1789, of course, by james madison taking the lead on that. but so too, they did not think it was perfect to have an amendment process that specified in article 5 of the constitution. that amendment process was intended to be used.we've seen it used to correct structural issues, the 12th amendment on presidential elections, the 17th amendment as you know well on sen...

They knew it had imperfections. there was a lot of discussion at the ratifying convention about having a bill of rights and that was quickly done in the congress of new york in 1779 by james madison taking a lead on that. they did not think it is perfect. they had an amendment process that was specified of article five of the constitution. that process was intended to be used. the 17th amendment as you noel of the senate election and the elections and the 25th amendment which corrected some issues of vice presidency. and of course, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment and the most

It is a clever line but i agree with you. i have always had a little bit of a problem with that line because - both parts of that are wrong in sense because i never want to think of the court as infallible. and i also never want to think of it necessarily in the way you are describing either because there is the people always have an ability to correct through the amendment process. now, the amendment process is hard and hasn't been used as much in recent decades. of course, at the beginning of the country, the amendments were critical and dread scott, the awful example of a horrific supreme c...

It, that's why we have an amendment process. you have to do it through the democratic process. you can't just have somebody appointed, and go say i know what's best for all americans and this is what i'm going to do. >> shannon: is it true you served as a high school substitute teacher? >> i served as a substitute teacher. i have done it for i don't know since 2002. i did it once in high school. i do mostly junior high and elementary. let me tell you why. if you want to understand what elementary and secondary education is all about, go be a voluntary substitute. they will even take politician...

>> if you don't want to follow it that is why we have an amendment process but you have to do it through the democratic process, i know what is best for what i'm going to decree. >> what about as a high school substitute teacher? >> i serve as a substitute teacher, and did it once in high school. let me tell you, elementary and secondary education, they will take politicians. shannon: who is tougher, who is tougher to corral? >> us senators. when you are a substitute, everybody ought to do it. appreciate what it means to be a teacher, you and 25 kids.