Quote:its purpose is to protect the status quo
That is a whole other argument, tack, not to mention a real can of worms.
I have no doubt that there are scads of people who maintain that. We hear them bitch and moan about "activist judges" all the time. But the law also grows to incorporate new realities. That's why Rosa Parks no longer had to sit at the back of the bus.
There are far too many people walking around unsupervised who think the US is the same nation it was in 1820. It is not.
