ScreamingEagle
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theHawk said:It is a living document. It is subject to change as we see fit.
For example, wouldn't it would be nice to amend the constitution on the subject of abortion? Wouldn't need judges to "interpret" the constitution and apply it to abortion for us peons.
Yes, it is "living" in that narrow sense. The Constitution itself provides for change and has very special rules to go by on that issue. However, it takes a whole lot to change or add to the Constitution. I doubt we will ever see an Amendment regarding abortion any time soon.
Liberals on the other hand take the meaning of "living" a big step further. They believe judges can bend and warp the meaning of the Constitution to fit their needs. They see and rule on things that do not even exist in our Constitution. They think "the rights" to abortion and gay marriage and to stomp out God in the public arena exist in our Constitution and they "interpret" in all kinds of rulings to justify those ends.