{"id":1842,"date":"2017-01-18T14:57:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2017-01-18T14:57:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:57:40","slug":"breaking-news-man-sets-fire-protest-trumps-disrespect-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2017\/01\/breaking-news-man-sets-fire-protest-trumps-disrespect-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Man sets himself on fire to protest Trump&#8217;s disrespect of the Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1843\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/653\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-18-at-2.51.26-PM-e1484772732316.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-18 at 2.51.26 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\">Some people make life more difficult than it has to be:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Man lights fire near <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrumpInternationalHotel?src=hash\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#TrumpInternationalHotel<\/a>. Employees call police. Man told me he\u2019s from CA &amp; protesting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrumpInauguration?src=hash\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#TrumpInauguration<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/noUwttKRL5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/noUwttKRL5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shomaristone\/status\/821550289891291136\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Daily Mail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4130760\/Protester-sets-fire-Trump-Washington-hotel.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 45-year-old man, who has not yet been identified, said the act was in protest of the President-elect\u2019s looming inauguration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Witnesses described how he yelled \u2018Trump\u2019 several times as \u2018flames ran up his back\u2019 before lying down in the street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He suffered non-life-threatening burns and was taken to hospital shortly after the incident at around 9.30pm.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, whether or not Donald Trump will respect the Constitution remains to be seen. After all, the man hasn\u2019t even taken office yet. \u00a0However, for citizens who are worried about such topics, there\u2019s an easier way to protect the Constitution of the United States, and it doesn\u2019t even require a match.<\/p>\n<p>The non-flammable\u00a0path can be found within Article V of the United States Constitution.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution<strong>,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong><em>or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Article V, U.S. Constitution<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below, created by our Convention of States team in Alabama, for an excellent overview of the Article V process:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVQH0JbwIgA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an easier way to protect the Constitution of the United States, and it doesn&#8217;t even require a match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2673,"featured_media":1844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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