>>24
They're not academics, they're pseudo-academics. Criticising academic authority doesn't mean I oppose higher education, this is a snap judgement you've been indoctrinated to make reminiscent of medieval obscurantism.
>>25
The fact I haven't memorized the entire constitution doesn't mean I am uneducated or unqualified to "interpret" it. The amendments are part of the constitution, so trying to seperate them is just semantics. People with only a high school diploma shouldn't be denied the right to vote or comment on the constitution if that's what you're saying, even during Thomas Jefferson democracy people with this level of education could generally earn enough to buy land and vote or vote through a white male proxy.
What is the motivation for these shitty arguments? All I did was list a brief run down of the first amendments that were ratified which were critical in the prevention of tyranny and which you and Obama seem pretty eager to obfuscate.