(December 16, 2013 at 9:24 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: We are supposed to be a country ruled by laws, not men. The danger of an 'evolved' constitution is that it allows our rulers to slowly undermine its protections by making it mean what they want."Supposed" is a key word there, but an evolving constitution assumes that we as people learn from our mistakes and grow in our compassion. Our founding fathers were men of their time and not perfect. They knowingly made concessions to several competing interests during the formation of the constitution. They hoped we would make it better with time, not worse, but they knew if the worse came that a revolution would reset the clock so to speak.
(December 16, 2013 at 9:24 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(December 15, 2013 at 11:26 pm)Brakeman Wrote: The constitution is only as powerful as the ruling class want it to be.The ruling class is only as powerful as the people allow it to be. If we do not hold them to what the constitution says vs. what they want it say then we invite tyranny, example: Kelo
How do you plan on holding them to the constitution? We've had two presidents now that have ignored it in big ways. How do you propose to hold them accountable?
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