Fred Iutzi
frediutzi.bsky.social
Perennial advocate for agriculture, climate, & communities. Eighth generation Illinoisan. Helping lay the groundwork for widespread agroforestry as Senior Director of Strategy at the Savanna Institute - savannainstitute.org. Bloomington, Illinois, USA.
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3. We talked a bit about the 21st Amendment to repeal the 18th Amendment (prohibition) but then spent most of our time talking about the political pressure to pass new laws, and comparatively weak pressure to repeal old ones and how that leads to dead letter laws more often than repeal.
Show Post2. Tons of really thoughtful questions from the students who were concerned about everything from inflation to food additives to AI. And then one young man asked me whether Congress ever "cleans up" old laws that don't make sense anymore.
Show Post1. My main point to them was that the Constitution is a living document. The first three words aren't "we the undersigned", "we the supreme court", "we the elected officials", etc. It's We the people. And all of us have a responsibility to grapple with what the Constitution means.
Show PostFor no particular reason, here's a funny civics story. Last week, I stopped in to chat with students at LaGrange Highlands Middle school who were learning about the Constitution...
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“In markets that are concentrated like the egg market is, it becomes really easy to collude . . . If people are making profits they’ve never made before, why are we being credulous?” well done @basel.bsky.social ! www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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