[eno_]

When the Constitution was written there was bitter controversy over slavery. It is completely incorrect to suggest it was commonly understood as allowing slavery.

Most people are suprised to find that our Founders were educated, worldly, and quite small-l liberal, in that they meant to confer maximum liberty on citizens of the U.S.

The fact it took us 100-some years to deal with slavery after the Revolution does not mean that even before the Revolution it wasn't a big issue.

We have had a Drug War for 50+ years. Many people think that is a blatent violation. Who knows when the last narc will breathe his last?

No, the Founders won't be the last word on human freedom. But they are a darn sight better than 99.9% of the subliterate and uneducated constituency of the "living document" party.

Consider how closely the FedGov's bureaucracy and LEAs fit he King George profile of opressors. The Declaration said those are the kind of people that deserve the sharp end of revolutionary force. The IInd isn't about shooting ducks, you know. We have a long road to travel before we get to a government that fully respects the Constitution.

[jwalsh07]

We also have a 14th Amendment which is proof positive that the amendment process is far preferable to judicial activism, or what amounts to an oligarchy of people in black nightgowns.