Citizen
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- May 27, 2009
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Odd then that the framers created a court system designed to interpret what that consstitution actually meant then, don't you think?
In my humble opinion, the reason the Constitution created a court system whose power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under the Constitution, was to prevent the subversion of the intent of said Constitution by those failing to understand that as a written document its meaning does not change, therefore what it meant when adopted, it means today.
Also, as an example let me provide an imporant quote from someone who should know.
"On every question of construction (of The Constitution), let us carry ourselves back to the time when The Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed." - Thomas Jefferson
The constitution can only be CHANGED though amendment.
I totally agree that the Constitution can only be changed through amendment, not interpertation.
But NOT to protect the society itself? Odd that they bothered to mention creating a military, then, don't you think?
IMHO, in order to protect our individual rights it is paramont to protect society as a whole from foriegn invasion, but the Declaration of Independence gives us insite into why the Federal Government was established, and securing our individual rights is the main reason given.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
Also let us not forget the following:
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.
Thomas Jefferson