11/01/2008

Is the Constitution a "Living" Document?

  • NO! A thousand times, no!  If the government arbitrarily changes or reinterprets the Constitution, it has unilaterally changed its contract with the people.
  • But don't changing times require an evolving system?
    - The constitution itself allows for changes approved by the people through the amendment process.
  • The courts must not be allowed to reinterpret the Constitution.
  • Those who argue for a "Living" Constitution actually offer a Dead Constitution for it offers no limits to government.
    - "Our peculiar security is the possession of a written constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction." - Thomas Jefferson

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