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I'm not an expert, but it is often claimed that the constitution is a living document, that is, it is designed to be broad and flexible https://en.wikipedia.or
by themoonbus 11y ago
I'm not an expert, but it is often claimed that the constitution is a living document, that is, it is designed to be broad and flexible
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Constitution
- coryfklein 11y agoIt takes a lot of imagination to think that the founders had any vision of the laws that the commerce clause would be used to justify today. It took me a long time to realize that whether or not the constitution was designed or intentioned as a "living document" is completely irrelevant. What matters is how the process actually works today, and it works as if the constitution is a living document, therefore it is a living document. See also: Duck typing.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoIt takes imagination for the founding fathers to allow women to vote. We own the constitution; its ours to interpret and change.
- sliverstorm 11y agoThey needn't envision those laws, just as they needn't have envisioned automobiles or the internet. You could think of the Constitution establishes axioms. Just like math, what arises from those axioms can be boundless in complexity, but that has no bearing on the axioms.