[allmendream]

I know that our Republic will be preserved by cleaving to the intent and meaning of our Constitution as written - and not by abandoning it or denigrating it or considering it a “living” document.

I know that the problems with our Republic is not our Constitution - but rather the fact that its simple black and white meaning is widely ignored regularly in all three branches of our Government.

But by all means, keep talking down the Constitution. It will be interesting to see the response you get at this Pro-Constitution Conservative (conserving and preserving our Constitutional Republic and values) location.

[Huck]

cleaving to the intent and meaning of our Constitution as written

How do you expect to do that, when the framers themselves couldn't agree on the "intent" and meaning? Ever heard of the First Bank of the US?

George Washington and Hamilton on one side, saying that the implied powers (ever heard of that?) allowed for the creation of the bank. Jefferson and Madison argued that it did not.

Washington and Hamilton prevailed. Madison, as president, flip-flopped and decided it WAS OK, and created the 2nd Bank of the US (to pay off war debts.)

So Washington, Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson couldn't find plain obvious meaning, but you can?

The best part of the Constitution is that it can be amended. That is the only way to fix its glaring errors that have led us to where we are today.

[Huck]

How about Gonzalez v Raich? Ever read it? Scalia on one side, Thomas and Rehnquist on the other. And yet the meaning is plain black and white? lol.