To: reaganaut1
Ben Franklin believed in a living Constitution and Thomas Jefferson assumed it would be drastically changed over time.
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.
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).
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