We DO NOT Have a Living Constitution

[Bush92]

The words of the United States Constitution are not to be reworked or legislatively overturned by activists liberals judges who feel the Constitution is a living document. Strict constructionist view is the correct one.
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[Billy_Kinetta]

It is "living" only in the sense that it can be altered solely by the process it mandates. Any other alteration is invalid.

 

[candycorn]

If I know your SSN, can I shout it out on main street to anyone who will listen? Or what if you have AIDS...can I tell people that you have this disease?

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

If I know your SSN, can I shout it out on main street to anyone who will listen?

Yes.

Or what if you have AIDS...can I tell people that you have this disease?

If true, yes. What would prevent you?

 

[rightwinger]

Court decisions change its interpretation

 

[rightwinger]

The words of the United States Constitution are not to be reworked or legislatively overturned by activists liberals judges who feel the Constitution is a living document. Strict constructionist view is the correct one.
Loose Construction versus Strict Construction | Conservatism In The United States | United States Government

Tell us about those well regulated militias

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Court decisions change its interpretation

At times, in error. So much for settled law.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

The words of the United States Constitution are not to be reworked or legislatively overturned by activists liberals judges who feel the Constitution is a living document. Strict constructionist view is the correct one.
Loose Construction versus Strict Construction | Conservatism In The United States | United States Government

Tell us about those well regulated militias

Would it do any good to say it again?

 

[DarkFury]

The words of the United States Constitution are not to be reworked or legislatively overturned by activists liberals judges who feel the Constitution is a living document. Strict constructionist view is the correct one.
Loose Construction versus Strict Construction | Conservatism In The United States | United States Government

Tell us about those well regulated militias

You should join one, wear your Target T shirt!

 

[Sun Devil 92]

If I know your SSN, can I shout it out on main street to anyone who will listen? Or what if you have AIDS...can I tell people that you have this disease?

Can we tell we people that you have scheduled with your doctor to have your head extracted from your ass ?

 

[JBvM]

The words of the United States Constitution are not to be reworked or legislatively overturned by activists liberals judges who feel the Constitution is a living document. Strict constructionist view is the correct one.
Loose Construction versus Strict Construction | Conservatism In The United States | United States Government

Do you know what you are talking about and are you able to give examples, or have you been stuck following bumper stickers in rush hour traffic for most of your life?

 

[JBvM]

The words of the United States Constitution are not to be reworked or legislatively overturned by activists liberals judges who feel the Constitution is a living document. Strict constructionist view is the correct one.
Loose Construction versus Strict Construction | Conservatism In The United States | United States Government

Jefferson was an agrarian nincompoop, and Hamilton gave us the success story that became American capitalism

 

[whitehall]

Most lefties don't seem to understand that the Bill of Rights was the greatest document ever written in modern human history and intended as a limitation of government power but it does not extend beyond the borders of the U.S.. Europeans do not enjoy such protection and neither does the rest of the world. The Bill of Rights aka the first ten Amendments to the Constitution has been modified through the years by the legislative branch of the government and that's the way the Founding Fathers set it up. Somehow the Supreme Court stepped in in mid 20th century, bypassed the Constitution, and authorized the incarceration of American citizens without due process based on the majority opinion of a FDR appointed former KKK member. The same Justice wrote the modern version of "separation of church and state" in the late 40's based on a concept that did not appear in the Constitution. Democrats expanded the decision to insane limits when the ironically named ACLU threatened to sue local jurisdictions into bankruptcy if they dared to place a Christmas tree on public property. Later in the 20th century the liberal supreme court found a "right to privacy" that did not appear in the Constitution to authorize the killing of the unborn. So it seems that some Supreme Court decisions like abortion and reversing the 1st Amendment's Freedom of Religion seemed to have had legs but (thank God) FDR's executive order to incarcerate Americans without due process didn't.

 

[tyroneweaver]

The words of the United States Constitution are not to be reworked or legislatively overturned by activists liberals judges who feel the Constitution is a living document. Strict constructionist view is the correct one.
Loose Construction versus Strict Construction | Conservatism In The United States | United States Government

Ya I know what ya mean
I don’t know how many times I’ve told golfers you don’t have to kill it, it’s already dead

 

[JBvM]

Most lefties don't seem to understand that the Bill of Rights was...

Most people who appeal to the Bill of Rights in an argument, usually haven't the first clue wtf they are spouting on about. You sir happen to do that group of people proud

 

[JakeStarkey]

Court decisions change its interpretation

At times, in error. So much for settled law.

That makes no sense. Yes, court cases do change interpretations. Plessy and Brown are the most obvious. Marbury is another.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Court decisions change its interpretation

At times, in error. So much for settled law.

That makes no sense. Yes, court cases do change interpretations. Plessy and Brown are the most obvious. Marbury is another.

Marbury v Madison is the mistake that set the course for where we find ourselves today.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Court decisions change its interpretation

At times, in error. So much for settled law.

That makes no sense. Yes, court cases do change interpretations. Plessy and Brown are the most obvious. Marbury is another.

Marbury v Madison is the mistake that set the course for where we find ourselves today.

You may think so, but that opinion has no affect on modern constitutional law.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Court decisions change its interpretation

At times, in error. So much for settled law.

That makes no sense. Yes, court cases do change interpretations. Plessy and Brown are the most obvious. Marbury is another.

Marbury v Madison is the mistake that set the course for where we find ourselves today.

You may think so, but that opinion has no affect on modern constitutional law.

If it is ever revisited, it may well have an effect.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Why would it be. Not one of the nine, based on their careers, would consider such a revisitation.