Indeed. The enemies of freedom use words in a kind of "watch the birdie" fashion: We are disarmed by the familiarity of the words they use, which have a distinct meaning for us, and so do not realize that they are inverting the traditional meanings of the words. It's a sort of magician's trick, a trick of misdirection. "Watch what my left hand is doing. Then you will not notice what my right hand is doing behind my back, which is where the real action is."
The Left progressive idea of the Living Constitution is a perfect example.
The Constitution the Framers designed is very much alive, thank you. Moreover, it is astonishingly "organic." It even prescribes the proper method by which it can be legitimately changed — Article V. Given that it provides for its own amendment, there is no truth to the claim that it has somehow "died." The fact is it self-corrects and self-renews as circumstances warrant — according to the considered will of the people as a whole, not according to the will of politicians and judges. It was the whole people who abolished slavery, not this or that politician or judge. It was a national effort, which culminated in the Thirteenth Amendment....
I think you are entirely correct in noting that the Left progressive idea of the "Living Constitution" is the result of both moral and intellectual corruption, the latter involving contempt for reason itself, and a refusal to acknowledge that there is Truth in the world, that the world has the form and structure it has because of its informing Truth....
Truth is inconvenient for these people. So get rid of it! But do not let the people catch onto what you're doing. Fool them instead.
betty boop: Indeed. The enemies of freedom use words in a kind of "watch the birdie" fashion: We are disarmed by the familiarity of the words they use, which have a distinct meaning for us, and so do not realize that they are inverting the traditional meanings of the words. It's a sort of magician's trick, a trick of misdirection. "Watch what my left hand is doing. Then you will not notice what my right hand is doing behind my back, which is where the real action is."
In abortion, they call the unborn child a "fetus" and their advocacy pro-"choice".
In immigration, the illegals are called "undocumented."
In the homosexual advocacy, "gay" has been misappropriated.
And so on.
So far as the “liveness” of the Constitution, the Founders have accounted for that.
It is called the amendment process and is contained therein.
So, the advocates of a “living Constitution” aren’t even really advocating that since it includes its own process for adjustment.
These are opponents and are advocating its overthrow and the implementation of their whim.