I have mentioned state laws. You linked the the Federal Law but did not bother to look for state laws.
Yes I did, they're even mentioned in that Wikipedia snippet. If you want to discuss specific state laws fine, but you're still on a hell of a reach claiming that every adult is a criminal.
Did you look at any of the articles I already posted? The Federal law is for possession. This means a kid holding an unopened beer can. Yes,
there are cases where kids have been charged for this.
The state laws expand on this with consumption laws. State laws are just as legal as federal laws, so I'm not sure why you are dismissing them.
We do not know how many federal laws
there are in the US.
"There is no one in the United States over the age of 18 who cannot be indicted for some federal crime," said John Baker, a retired Louisiana State University law professor who has also tried counting the number of new federal crimes created in recent years. "That is not an exaggeration."
-Lawmakers are lawyers. This won't change if there isn't a Supreme Court. People will still have trials which will still require lawyers. I would say it is a "lawyers picnic" in civil cases over constitutional cases, but that is not what you are talking about here.
I have no idea what point you are trying to make here.
The Bill of Rights is between US citizens and the government.
If attorneys want to make a lot of money they sue businesses/individuals for state, federal, county, and city law violations, they do not become constitutional lawyers.
-Not being elected is not a bad thing, it means you are not beholden to any group of people or businesses if someone doesn't like your rulings.
Your country went to war over a lack of representative democracy.
What are you trying to say here?
We went to war because the President lied (and the intelligence community) and Congress was easily convinced. This had nothing to do with the Bill of Rights or the Supreme Court.
Technically, we didn't go to war but authorized the use of armed forces. This is very important because of how the Constitution provides the President war powers and declaration of war.
-Of course they change over time, that is why it is a living document and amendments occur.
Rarely, and with great difficulty. My argument wasn't that change is impossible, but that change takes far longer than necessary. Some have argued that this is a feature, not a bug, and I can sympathise with that view.
This is a feature.
If you look at State Constitutions in the US (specifically CA and FL) they have passed a lot of stupid amendments to their state constitutions. Making them "rights" in those states.
I know, it's just funny hearing Americans advocating for unelected/hereditary rule.
hereditary =/= appointed
unelected =/= appointed
Supreme Court justices are appointed by elected individuals. I don't know if Australia has lobbyists (both by businesses and constituents) but they have a lot of influence in the US, as do the two major parties. By not having to cater to this influence they are free to interpret a case on its legal basis not political. (hopefully)
The Chairman of the Fed is also appointed for this same reason. Not for life but for 14 years at a time.