I am not an expert in Constitutional law, I am however a student of it and beneficiary of its limitations on government. There are people who believe this document is alive. There may be a misunderstanding in what a living document means.
There is a vigorous process in making any changes or further amending the constitution. However, the formal process in which to make changes makes it a solid document that can not be changed on a whim but by 3/4 of a States legislature. This makes it a solid document, not easily changed. What liberals mean by a living constitution is for the constitution to be interpreted subjectively by the times we currently live in rather than objectively with a strict interpretation of it.
Through Judicial activism it has been made into a living document by making rulings that circumvent the process, disregarding words of the document, and substituting it with what they feel was meant. If the government takes the constitution and interprets it for their own purposes you do not have a living document but have a dead and meaningless document and a bigger and more intrusive government with nothing to stop it from interpreting what it believes to be its best interest with no protection for the individual. To save the Republic we need to have a discussion about what the government has the authority to do to its citizens.
- Micheal Garry
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