"There's Stupid", Part II

In an earlier post, I linked to excellent take down of Time's execrable hit piece on the Constitution of the United States, written by Aaron Worthing. 

In a subsequent post, Mr. Worthing decided to focus on the "Thirteen Clear Factual Errors in Richard Stengel’s Essay on the Constitution".  In a short form, the clear errors by Richard Stengel are:

1. The Constitution does not limit the Federal Government.
2. The Constitution is not law.
3. The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment emancipated the slaves.
4. The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment granted the right to vote to African Americans.
5. The original Constitution declared that black people were to be counted as three-fifths of a person.
6. That the original, unamended Constitution prohibited women from voting.
7. Inter arma enim silent leges translates as “in time of war, the Constitution is silent.”
8. The War Powers Act allows the president to unilaterally wage war for sixty days.
9. We have only declared war five times.
10. Alexander Hamilton wanted a king for America.
11. Social Security is a debt within the meaning of Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment.
12. Naturalization depends on your birth.
13. The Obamacare mandate is a tax.

Mr. Worthing does an excellent job of rebutting Stengel, and it's well worth the read.