The Threat A “Living Constitution” Poses to America
doofiegirl POTL~PWCM~JLA
2012/05/03 09:39:33
How can we have rule of law when judges can amend our founding document at their whim? Living constitution theory, even in the sheep’s clothing of whole constitution theory, runs contrary to the rule of law and constitutional government. For a constitution to serve its purpose as a constituting and constraining document for government, its meaning cannot be adjusted, day by day, by those whose offices it has established and whose acts it is meant to constrain. Like every other law, a constitution must bind the government official, whether judge, legislator, or administrator, to its pre-determined meaning. That is the essence of the rule of law and of constitutional government. Excellent commentary on the state of our judicial system today!Read More: http://www.westernjournalism.com/the-threat-of-a-l...
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Tennessean 2012/05/03 14:42:19
+5The Constitution, being a writen document, means the same today as when it was written.
What the left does is use judicial activism from the courts to enact legislation from the bench. Take Roe V Wade, even Ruth Ginsberg admitted that the purpose of R. v W was to rid the country of undesirables. So how in the world is that even Constitutional under our Constitution.
The federal constitution of 1787 (the "U.S. Constitution") :
It determines the civil environment in which we live and restricts the government from acting against our interests without showing an interest in doing so.
Constitution gives us the groundwork for all laws and rights we have today, like the ability to go to any school or church you want. Also rights like freedom of speech, like we can speak what ever is on our mind or whatever we believe in. We can have whatever religion we want too, be whoever we want to be. Also the government cant search our home without a good reason too, or a search warrant.
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