[Talisker]

One does not love or hate, or emotionally respond to a constitution. To imply it's an emotional construct is nuts.

The American Constitution is not "a" constitution. It's THE Constitution, and I love it. I am emotionally attached to it, and proud of that emotional attachment. Because in the entire known history of the human race, it is the only fundamental legal document to affirm the existence of pre-existing natural rights, and a system of government forever in deference to those natural rights.

I love the American Constitution because, despite any construction flaws, it's the literal incarnation of God's love in legal form - and the only one of its kind on planet Earth. And despite the staggering battering it has taken form the very moment of its conception, it has endured, and it still holds the world away from the abyss, and in doing so saved billions of lives.

Anyone who can't love that is already dead.

[okie01]

So many people on the left seem to see the Constitution as a "problem". These same people tend to see "Christianity" as a "problem". Along with the "Judeo-Christian ethic". And "puritan work ethic".

Not to mention freedom, liberty and private property. Capitalism and free enterprise. To the left, all these things are "problems".

They even object to "Equal protection under the law"...and equal opportunity.

Personally, I'm in favor of voting their "problems" and their "objections" into oblivion...

[blackdog]

It's technical application is supported by it's mandate, not your likes or dislikes. I'm sure you do not love it's first amendment and it's application to cases such as protests at military funerals or when Sid Blumenthal tells lies in front of cameras about grand jury questioning. It's that safety of steering clear of empathy or emotional support which makes it so valuable. I do not diminish it's value to our society, which goes far beyond love or emotion.

Do I love it's liberties? You bet! Do I love that it's main purpose is to limit the powers of government in favor of the individual and state's rights? You Bet!

The constitution is supported and enforced by the judiciary which is supposed to be impartial, and in as such, unemotional and unbiased. In order to do their jobs they need to promote it's restrictions to the state and federal over-reaches. By implying hate or love in it's supporting decisions, there is no constitution, just a bad decision made with regret or optimism.