Lewis Carrol in his play "Alice in Wonderland", and George Orwell in his book 1984 make the same point. Words mean what ever the people in power say they mean. Thus in the book 1984 Orwell had a nations useing the word WAR to mean PEACE adn PEACE to mean WAR. Remember Freedom is Slavery And Slavery is Freedom. The question always comes down to who holds the power. Not what words mean to you or me.
In every nation created in the history of this earth the laws mean what ever those who rule say they mean.Thus the words "Congress shall make no LAW" means "Congress shall make YES LAW" if that is what those inpower want it to mean. "YES we shall have no religion" is what they say it means.
It is senseless to argue over what the constitution means. Since 1804 it has meant what ever the Supreme Court Justices said it means. It should not take a real bright person to figure out that if the constitution is to mean what you want it to mean, YOUY MUST get JUDGES appointed who think it means the same thing YOU do.
The left has understood that for 140 years. Most of the right has yet to figure it out.
Think about it in a real case. If the members of the Florida Supreme court has been on the Federal Supreme Court who would be president today? You know the answer. Now tell me which provision in the constituion you used to determine your answer.
People look at the document and exclaim, See it says X. That is not worth anything. If every citizen of the USA says it says X and a majority of the 9 justices on the supreme court said is says Y. The constituion says Y.
The only freedom we have is the freedom to influence who gets to be a the judges. Since judges retire and die. The contest can never be won. Every liberal knows that. Few conservatives do.