Sadly, the 'Overton Window' will only ever ratchet leftward, toward anarchy and dissolution; and, it does so inexorably, and for a reason. People become complacent, lazy, new generations don't read the owner's manual on civic responsibility, educational systems become insidious hotbeds of indoctrination and agitprop, new and ever-more exotic waves of immigrants are imported to corrupt the cultural reverence for civic virtue, and so forth.
Therefore, to answer your question: we can't restore the Framers' original intent, or at least, it's unlikely to happen. As I mentioned in my previous post, the federal government is an active conspirator in its own power-grab; it did this by turning States' Rights into the villain of the story when it became forever synonymous with, and irrevocably damaged by, its association with pro-slavery; and so, it's unrealistic to expect the federal government to ever voluntarily relinquish power that it's worked so hard to seize.
But, to make matters irreversible, Congress passed the 17th Amendment in 1911 (during the heyday of Progressivism) that called for the popular election of senators. Previously, senators were elected by state legislatures, which gave the states a considerable choke-hold on federal growth and power. Thus, one of the Founders' mechanisms for fracturing power had been neutered. And today, leftist mobocrats are undermining the last manifestation of state power by demanding the dissolution of the magnificent Electoral College, itself.
But, in reality, States' Rights was actually one of only 3 bulwarks against BigGov tyranny.
The second bulwark was the Supreme Court. BigGov fantasizers worked feverishly after the Civil War to ensure that the Supreme Court achieved and maintained a favorable 'loose interpretation' opinion on Progressive, collectivist and statist issues brought before the bench. In other words, activists wanted the SCOTUS to err on the side of granting, rather than withholding, power from Washington, DC.
Once again, the Civil War proved to be seemingly purpose-built, by providing the BigGov statists their justifications for the 'extreme measures' the Radical Republicans found 'necessary' for dealing with 'stubborn and intractable' ex-Confederates during Reconstruction; as well as providing a fig leaf of rationalization to the justices who ignored violations of Southerners' civil rights because of 'the temper of the times', or expediency, or some other self-serving horseshit.
And the third, and final, bulwark against BigGov tyranny is the American citizenry themselves who, literally armed with their Second Amendment, form the last line of defense when all else fails them. And, it looks like all else has been failing and falling like dominoes, since 1865. Teach your children the critical importance of political virtue; and never, under any circumstances, give up your guns.
Sadly, the 'Overton Window' will only ever ratchet leftward, toward anarchy and dissolution; and, it does so inexorably, and for a reason. People become complacent, lazy, new generations don't read the owner's manual on civic responsibility, educational systems become insidious hotbeds of indoctrination and agitprop, new and ever-more exotic waves of immigrants are imported to corrupt the cultural reverence for civic virtue, and so forth.
Therefore, to answer your question: we can't restore the Framers' original intent, or at least, it's unlikely to happen. As I mentioned in my previous post, the federal government is an active conspirator in its own power-grab; it did this by turning States' Rights into the villain of the story when it became forever synonymous with, and irrevocably damaged by, its association with pro-slavery; and so, it's unrealistic to expect the federal government to ever voluntarily relinquish power that it's worked so hard to seize.
But, to make matters irreversible, Congress passed the 17th Amendment in 1911 (during the heyday of Progressivism) that called for the popular election of senators. Previously, senators were elected by state legislatures, which gave the states a considerable choke-hold on federal growth and power. Thus, one of the Founders' mechanisms for fracturing power had been neutered. And today, leftist mobocrats are undermining the last manifestation of state power by demanding the dissolution of the magnificent Electoral College, itself.
But, in reality, States' Rights was actually one of only 3 bulwarks against BigGov tyranny.
The second bulwark was the Supreme Court. BigGov fantasizers worked feverishly after the Civil War to ensure that the Supreme Court achieved and maintained a favorable 'loose interpretation' opinion on Progressive, collectivist and statist issues brought before the bench. In other words, activists wanted the SCOTUS to err on the side of granting, rather than withholding, power from Washington, DC.
Once again, the Civil War proved to be seemingly purpose-built, by providing the BigGov statists their justifications for the 'extreme measures' the Radical Republicans found 'necessary' for dealing with 'stubborn and intractable' ex-Confederates during Reconstruction; as well as providing a fig leaf of rationalization to the justices who ignored violations of Southerners' civil rights because of 'the temper of the times', or expediency, or some other self-serving horseshit.
And the third, and final, bulwark against BigGov tyranny is the American citizenry themselves who, literally armed with their Second Amendment, form the last line of defense when all else fails them. And, it looks like all else has been failing and falling like dominoes, since 1865. Teach your children the critical importance of political virtue; and never, under any circumstances, give up your guns.