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How many of the hundreds, perhaps thousand, of changes and interpretations of the constitution have taken place since it went into effect, and of those hundreds, how many were by amendment? Most changes have been by the Court, others by simple use and tradition, some by law. The California constitution has been amended over 600 times and some corporations love that easy amendment process.
I wonder how many laws that we obey today with little question, would be found unconstitutional by certain courts?
So to you the Constitution is a god? Is that possibly in conflict with that other god's admonition about not having any other gods before me,
or aren't you a practitioner of that particular faith?
Try to be more astute.
...'god,' lower case is not the same as God.
Exodus 20:3-17 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
How many of the hundreds, perhaps thousand, of changes and interpretations of the constitution have taken place since it went into effect, and of those hundreds, how many were by amendment? Most changes have been by the Court, others by simple use and tradition, some by law. The California constitution has been amended over 600 times and some corporations love that easy amendment process.
I wonder how many laws that we obey today with little question, would be found unconstitutional by certain courts?
2. For Progressives/Liberals/Democrats....the answer is 'of course! It's all about social justice."
3.For classical liberals/conservatives, the answer is a resounding "No! The amendment process is the only method for changing the Constitution. It's all about the law!"
Pick one.
_____________
How many of the hundreds, perhaps thousand, of changes and interpretations of the constitution have taken place since it went into effect, and of those hundreds, how many were by amendment? Most changes have been by the Court, others by simple use and tradition, some by law. The California constitution has been amended over 600 times and some corporations love that easy amendment process.
I wonder how many laws that we obey today with little question, would be found unconstitutional by certain courts?
Marbury v Madison, for example, was decided in 1803, while the framers and ratifiers of the Constitution were still around and even some were on the court, such as John Marshall, a Virginia delegate in the ratification of the Constitution.
The sort of literalist fundamentalist extremists who like to claim that such things as the power of judicial review are 'unconstitutional' and not what the framers intended conveniently ignore such simple facts.
Try to be more astute.
...'god,' lower case is not the same as God.
Exodus 20:3-17 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
What a dim-wit!
You don't realize that you just proved my point?
"Do You Capitalize the Word "God"?
One of the most common questions people ask about religious words is whether to capitalize the word god. The name of any specific deity is capitalized just like any other name, so when God is used to refer to the one God, (in other words, in any monotheistic religion) it is capitalized.
For example, youd capitalize God in this sentence:
Some Christians give thanks to God before every meal.
When referring to gods in general, however, or using the word "god" descriptively, keep it lowercase:
The Romans believed a god named Jupiter ruled the heavens.
The Greek gods were always causing trouble for humans."
Grammar Girl : Do You Capitalize ?God?? :: Quick and Dirty Tips ?
I should be getting teacher-pay.
How many of the hundreds, perhaps thousand, of changes and interpretations of the constitution have taken place since it went into effect, and of those hundreds, how many were by amendment? Most changes have been by the Court, others by simple use and tradition, some by law. The California constitution has been amended over 600 times and some corporations love that easy amendment process.
I wonder how many laws that we obey today with little question, would be found unconstitutional by certain courts?
2. For Progressives/Liberals/Democrats....the answer is 'of course! It's all about social justice."
3.For classical liberals/conservatives, the answer is a resounding "No! The amendment process is the only method for changing the Constitution. It's all about the law!"
Pick one.
_____________
It's a false choice.
Do you have an opinion on Brown vs. Board of Education, as to whether the Constitution supports the Court's decision?
2. For Progressives/Liberals/Democrats....the answer is 'of course! It's all about social justice."
3.For classical liberals/conservatives, the answer is a resounding "No! The amendment process is the only method for changing the Constitution. It's all about the law!"
Pick one.
_____________
It's a false choice.
Do you have an opinion on Brown vs. Board of Education, as to whether the Constitution supports the Court's decision?
So...you won't pick one that represents your position?
Now...why is that?
I love it when I force you to, inadvertently, admit that I've destroyed your argument.
Exodus 20:3-17 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
What a dim-wit!
You don't realize that you just proved my point?
"Do You Capitalize the Word "God"?
One of the most common questions people ask about religious words is whether to capitalize the word god. The name of any specific deity is capitalized just like any other name, so when God is used to refer to the one God, (in other words, in any monotheistic religion) it is capitalized.
For example, youd capitalize God in this sentence:
Some Christians give thanks to God before every meal.
When referring to gods in general, however, or using the word "god" descriptively, keep it lowercase:
The Romans believed a god named Jupiter ruled the heavens.
The Greek gods were always causing trouble for humans."
Grammar Girl : Do You Capitalize ?God?? :: Quick and Dirty Tips ?
I should be getting teacher-pay.
The phrase is 'other gods'. The commandment says you shall have no other gods. You said the Constitution is one of your other gods.
It's a false choice.
Do you have an opinion on Brown vs. Board of Education, as to whether the Constitution supports the Court's decision?
So...you won't pick one that represents your position?
Now...why is that?
I love it when I force you to, inadvertently, admit that I've destroyed your argument.
How does refusing to pick from a false choice ruin anyone's argument.
So...you won't pick one that represents your position?
Now...why is that?
I love it when I force you to, inadvertently, admit that I've destroyed your argument.
How does refusing to pick from a false choice ruin anyone's argument.
Any reading this thread knows full well which of the two choices is the one you endorse.
Yet...you won't admit it.
Skewered.
What a dim-wit!
You don't realize that you just proved my point?
"Do You Capitalize the Word "God"?
One of the most common questions people ask about religious words is whether to capitalize the word god. The name of any specific deity is capitalized just like any other name, so when God is used to refer to the one God, (in other words, in any monotheistic religion) it is capitalized.
For example, youd capitalize God in this sentence:
Some Christians give thanks to God before every meal.
When referring to gods in general, however, or using the word "god" descriptively, keep it lowercase:
The Romans believed a god named Jupiter ruled the heavens.
The Greek gods were always causing trouble for humans."
Grammar Girl : Do You Capitalize ?God?? :: Quick and Dirty Tips ?
I should be getting teacher-pay.
The phrase is 'other gods'. The commandment says you shall have no other gods. You said the Constitution is one of your other gods.
Amazing, isn't it....English is my second language...yet, I run circles around you in terms of usage.
Constitution, gods with lower case 'g.'
....'god' in reference to the Constitution would be defined as in idealized, or followed.
One might use idolized in the same way.
Did the Court make law with Marbury?
How does refusing to pick from a false choice ruin anyone's argument.
Any reading this thread knows full well which of the two choices is the one you endorse.
Yet...you won't admit it.
Skewered.
waaaaaa.... since you can't think for yourself, why don't you google 'false choice' and let someone else tell you what it means.
The phrase is 'other gods'. The commandment says you shall have no other gods. You said the Constitution is one of your other gods.
Amazing, isn't it....English is my second language...yet, I run circles around you in terms of usage.
Constitution, gods with lower case 'g.'
....'god' in reference to the Constitution would be defined as in idealized, or followed.
One might use idolized in the same way.
Much in way you've often attempted to disparage liberalism by calling it a religion?
What a dim-wit!
You don't realize that you just proved my point?
"Do You Capitalize the Word "God"?
One of the most common questions people ask about religious words is whether to capitalize the word god. The name of any specific deity is capitalized just like any other name, so when God is used to refer to the one God, (in other words, in any monotheistic religion) it is capitalized.
For example, youd capitalize God in this sentence:
Some Christians give thanks to God before every meal.
When referring to gods in general, however, or using the word "god" descriptively, keep it lowercase:
The Romans believed a god named Jupiter ruled the heavens.
The Greek gods were always causing trouble for humans."
Grammar Girl : Do You Capitalize ?God?? :: Quick and Dirty Tips ?
I should be getting teacher-pay.
The phrase is 'other gods'. The commandment says you shall have no other gods. You said the Constitution is one of your other gods.
Amazing, isn't it....English is my second language
Did the Court make law with Marbury?
From the OP:
13. Why not an amendment if they are important to our nation?
a. Abandoning originalism means abandoning the rationale which Marbury v. Madison uses to justify judicial review. Without originalism there can be no constitutionally limited government, and no judicial review.
b. Marshall wrote that the principles of the Constitution are deemed fundamental and permanent and, except for formal amendment, unchangeable.
See Marbury v. Madison.
Unchangeable:
changeless, constant, determinate, established, set, settled, stable, steadfast, steady, unaltered, unchanging, unvarying; immovable, unmovable
Unchangeable - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Did the Court make law with Marbury?
From the OP:
13. Why not an amendment if they are important to our nation?
a. Abandoning originalism means abandoning the rationale which Marbury v. Madison uses to justify judicial review. Without originalism there can be no constitutionally limited government, and no judicial review.
b. Marshall wrote that the principles of the Constitution are deemed fundamental and permanent and, except for formal amendment, unchangeable.
See Marbury v. Madison.
Unchangeable:
changeless, constant, determinate, established, set, settled, stable, steadfast, steady, unaltered, unchanging, unvarying; immovable, unmovable
Unchangeable - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Did the Court make law with Marbury?
From the OP:
13. Why not an amendment if they are important to our nation?
a. Abandoning originalism means abandoning the rationale which Marbury v. Madison uses to justify judicial review. Without originalism there can be no constitutionally limited government, and no judicial review.
b. Marshall wrote that the principles of the Constitution are deemed fundamental and permanent and, except for formal amendment, unchangeable.
See Marbury v. Madison.
Unchangeable:
changeless, constant, determinate, established, set, settled, stable, steadfast, steady, unaltered, unchanging, unvarying; immovable, unmovable
Unchangeable - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
As Marshall wrote in said in same opinion:
"The question whether an act repugnant to the Constitution can become the law of the land is a question deeply interesting to the United States, but, happily, not of an intricacy proportioned to its interest. It seems only necessary to recognise certain principles, supposed to have been long and well established, to decide it."
It need hardly be said "long and well established" meant longer than 12 years. And so it is obvious why he deferred to the precedent of the Common Law
Did the Court make law with Marbury?
From the OP:
13. Why not an amendment if they are important to our nation?
a. Abandoning originalism means abandoning the rationale which ‘Marbury v. Madison’ uses to justify judicial review. Without originalism there can be no constitutionally limited government, and no judicial review.
b. Marshall wrote that the ‘principles’ of the Constitution ‘are deemed fundamental and permanent’ and, except for formal amendment, “unchangeable.”
See ‘Marbury v. Madison.
Unchangeable:
changeless, constant, determinate, established, set, settled, stable, steadfast, steady, unaltered, unchanging, unvarying; immovable, unmovable
Unchangeable - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
I guess English being your second language might explain the frequency with which you fail to actually answer a question while apparently thinking you did.
