[T-Bird45]

Thanks for the reply as it helps me better understand your point. Your 4th paragraph on the Constitution as a contract with a “framework for liberty” is my personal view. I find the Constitution to be a rules of the road for citizens to measure their government against.

I understand how you draw the differences in approach that are rooted in the definition you used and how those approaches can be dangerous to liberty.

[Jacquerie]

I highly recommend Randy Barnett's Restoring the Lost Constitution. Unlike Hussein, Barnett is a true constitutional scholar.

He gets down in the weeds of original intent v. originalism, we the people, consent of the governed, necessary and proper, commerce power, judicial review and a lot more.