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The Founders are just dead men now? I thought that they were angels, sitting at the Right Hand of God, steering our every action even now, like beatific toddlers obsessed with The Way Thing Ought To Be.
I guess I learn something every day.
I see this as a "Same As It Ever Was" argument. The Constitution has been changing since before it was even ratified (see The Bill Of Rights). I don't think that most judicial conservatives would argue that the document is stagnant and that it is inflexible to changing times. They seem to think, though, that it should be interpreted consistently, regardless of the situation. I don't agree with that because I think that different situations will call for different interpretations of the same language.
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin
"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo
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