Billy_Kinetta
Paladin of the Lost Hour
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What they thought is all there in black-and-white. If you can read, you can't miss it.
People think much more than they write, and not necessarily all they write is what they think for all of time, or even at the moment (sometimes people set aside their true beliefs in pursuit of what they believe is a more realistic or practical alternative).
In any case, I don't think it really matters, because the founders are not the Americans of today. So American thinking is intrinsically different.
Nope. Much of what the Left passes for American thinking is not American at all.
As to the past/present question, the Constitution is the law of the land, figuratively inscribed in stone. It cannot be changed by the mere whims of those mired in delusion, but only by its mandated processes.
Who are you to define what is or is not American?
I don't. The founding documents define that for me.
You're none too bright, are ya.
The founding documents are open to interpretation which allows for a variety of opinion.
Nonsense. English words have definitions. The definitions used in the 18th Century may differ from those used currently.
An originalist approach is the only way to produce an authentic reading.