Because WE SAY SO....................
Is it possible that Roe v. Wade was not an example of the Constitution evolving with society, but rather of the Supreme Court dragging society towards their worldview? How different would our debates about abortion be if ¾ of the citizenry had agreed on the legality of the practice in 1973? If you answer, “But we would have never gotten it passed,” then you’ve just made my point.
“Because WE SAY SO..............”
That’s a much simpler and more accurate explanation.
First you decide what you want to do, and then you fabricate some contorted rationalization for the useful idiots.
That’s why the constitution becomes just a useless piece of paper if enough people no longer support what it says.
The constitution either lives within all of us or it’s dead.