That is utterly false. I never said that, and I don't believe it.
Here's the problem, George. Words have meanings. The Constitution is actually a very short document, but that doesn't mean it is a simple document.
You believe that you understand every word of it and its meaning, but, no offense, you are wrong.
One hundred people can look at the same words or clause and each come to a different conclusion as to what it means, or how it should be applied.
Take for example the Fourth Amendment. It protects us against unreasonable searches, right? Does the Constitution define what "unreasonable" is?
That is but one example.
You can crap all over those people who have pored over Supreme Court opinions, The Federalist Papers, and legal treatises dealing with the language of the Constitution, the underlying principles involved, and its potential application to new situations, but they might just understand the Constitution better than you.
I can read Gray's Anatomy, but that doesn't make me a physician.
DG, Exactly WHAT is "false" about that statement?? Consider the words "like", and "{HIGHLY educated}" in your analysis. I am not "crapping" on the people you mention. If they {whoever they are} "interpreted" the words in the Constitution to mean other than what the writers intent was, they crapped upon themselves. IMHO, the "federalists" were a bunch of centralized government and possibly even Monarchist oriented folks. I personally am a RABID anti-federalist. Along the order of Thomas Jefferson, who won the Presidency against the Federalists. In fact, President Clinton defined "federalism" for modern times by executive order. I used to get a real kick out of the Federalist web site that had a picture of Thomas Jefferson proudly on their main page. Peace and love, George.