normally apathetic

[trywait]

im normally apathetic when it comes to American politics but last night's republican debate ruffled some feathers. and this sound bite really perturbed me:

"SEN. MARCO RUBIO: Someone on this stage will get to choose the– the balance of the Supreme Court. And it will begin by filling this vacancy that’s there now. And we need to put people on the bench that understand that the constitution is not a living and breathing document. It is to be interpreted as originally meant."

with all due respect, NO!

and here's my rebuttal why:






go mr. joe pesci!

#rantover

[Miles]

Has the constitution ever been changed ?

27 times in 230 years

[Insertnamehere]

And that's why you write new ones as the times go, using the previous as a base of course and modifying what need modifying.

[kindy64]

Well, the whole question goes to whether you look at just the words as they were written, or the meaning and intent behind those words back in the day.

The 2nd Amendment, for example, was it written to allow the state to defend itself from foreign aggression, or to allow citizens to defend themselves from all aggression? What was the intent of the signers at the time they wrote and agreed to that. How does that apply to today.

Should the General Welfare clause be used to control everything under the sun because nearly everything crosses state lines in the form of commerce?

Judges should be deciding whether a law is Constitutional or not, not creating rights out of nothing. For instance, health care. While emergency care should not be withheld in any cases, should general health care be a right, ie provided regardless of a persons ability to pay?

Not here seeking answers to any of these questions, but these are the things that the Supreme Court, and lower courts decide, whether legislation and laws are Constitutional, and just. And with that, times change and our system is setup to allow change, both through ratifying Amendments to the Bill of Rights, and through the declaration that a law is unjust or unConstitutional.

It's a deep, complicated question.

[kindy64]

Technically, the Constitution has never been changed, the Bill of Rights has been amended.