> don’t give us any of this ‘the Constitution is a living document’ BS
To the Left, “living document” is just a euphemism for “dead letter”.
Well said.
To the Left, “living document” is just a euphemism for “dead letter”.
It is also a convenient confusion (confusion is a major component of how the Left advances their agenda of tyranny and Rule of Man) of law versus application of the law. The Left pretends that the Constitution as is cannot meet our modern-day problems (translation: the Constitution won't let them limitlessly expand government). But what confusion do they generate?
They confuse the Constitution as written and originally understood and intended with its application to the facts at hand. They pretend that because today's facts are so much different than 200 years ago the Constitution can't be applied and must be changed in some way other than the Article V way.
But push aside the purposeful confusion and what do you get? A Constitution which, as written and originally understood and intended, can absolutely be applied to our modern day issues. The REAL "living" part of the Constitution is how it can, as written and originally intended, be very ably applied to a changing world and changing factual issues and problems that confront us.
But as we know the Left doesn't want the Constitution as is to work and they don't try to do so. When it is applied in good faith to changing modern-day problems, the Constitution simply shows what the federal government is allowed to do and what it may not do. If the problem or issue lies outside the bounds of what the federal government may do, then the states, people, and free market economy can take it from there. It works, it always has worked and always will work. That's what the Leftists hate.
The issue really boils down to those that believe in freedom and those that don't. Those that believe in freedom know that our modern day problems can best be solved by the innovative, agile, and intelligent elements of the free-market economy which is freedom in action. Those that believe in collectivism and central government planning declare basically that freedom and a free constitutional republic can't possibly meet the complex challenges of today. But that is a lie.
It is also a convenient confusion (confusion is a major component of how the Left advances their agenda of tyranny and Rule of Man) of law versus application of the law. The Left pretends that the Constitution as is cannot meet our modern-day problems (translation: the Constitution won't let them limitlessly expand government). But what confusion do they generate?
They confuse the Constitution as written and originally understood and intended with its application to the facts at hand. They pretend that because today's facts are so much different than 200 years ago the Constitution can't be applied and must be changed in some way other than the Article V way.
But push aside the purposeful confusion and what do you get? A Constitution which, as written and originally understood and intended, can absolutely be applied to our modern day issues. The REAL "living" part of the Constitution is how it can, as written and originally intended, be very ably applied to a changing world and changing factual issues and problems that confront us.
But as we know the Left doesn't want the Constitution as is to work and they don't try to do so. When it is applied in good faith to changing modern-day problems, the Constitution simply shows what the federal government is allowed to do and what it may not do. If the problem or issue lies outside the bounds of what the federal government may do, then the states, people, and free market economy can take it from there. It works, it always has worked and always will work. That's what the Leftists hate.
The issue really boils down to those that believe in freedom and those that don't. Those that believe in freedom know that our modern day problems can best be solved by the innovative, agile, and intelligent elements of the free-market economy which is freedom in action. Those that believe in collectivism and central government planning declare basically that freedom and a free constitutional republic can't possibly meet the complex challenges of today. But that is a lie.