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To: reaganaut1

Ben Franklin believed in a living Constitution and Thomas Jefferson assumed it would be drastically changed over time.


8 posted on 07/16/2014 9:29:55 AM PDT by greatvikingone
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To: greatvikingone
Ben Franklin believed in a living Constitution and Thomas Jefferson assumed it would be drastically changed over time.

I think that's reasonable as long as the changes are made via the amendment process or a Constitutional convention, with the full knowledge and approval of a majority of the citizens. I'm not OK with members of the federal judiciary inventing their own revisions to the Constitution in courtrooms.
10 posted on 07/16/2014 10:08:44 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: greatvikingone
Thomas Jefferson assumed it would be drastically changed over time.

Most likely by the legitimate amendment process. Jefferson was, after all, the "father" of "strict constructionism" (the now de-facto "one true interpretation" of the Constitution to most conservatives--a position I disagree with).

14 posted on 07/16/2014 10:41:29 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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