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Constitution of the United States
- supergirl 13y ago???
- forgotAgain 13y agoThere have been many NSA discussions on HN. Quite a few of the comments give an interpretation of the Constitution. I thought the source could be useful.
- greenyoda 13y agoExcept that the text of the Constitution alone, without any commentary, is very hard to understand. Its current meaning is based on over two centuries of Supreme Court cases, etc. So a better source would be something like Wikipedia, which at least gives you some historical background and explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution
- eboody 13y agoI whole heartedly disagree. The supreme court may have changed things here and there, the intention of our finding fathers is right there in plain English. I think anyone can understand what our finding fathers were trying to achieve when you think of the context therein. It was designed to protect we the people from an oppressive government, while enumerating the 6 core functions of the federal government, quite simply might I add, in the preamble. Considering this, it is very relevant to the state out country is in. This document is a set of principles, and principles are timeless.