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Originally Posted by Willravel
"Due to" is tricky. The amendment process and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court allow the Constitution to evolve with the world around it so that it never becomes out of date.
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no, it doesn't. the government did not write the constitution, therefore they have zero authority to alter or change it. WE THE PEOPLE wrote the constitution with a very specific set of steps to amend it.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
The difficulty is that the intent is that we're supposed to maintain most of the original principles while changing it to fit with the modern world. Corporate personhood, however, is more about using the living document as a loophole.
Look at it this way: if the Constitution never changed, black people wouldn't have a full vote. If the Constitution does change (and it does), there's the possibility that the corrupt can change it. That's where the "eternal vigilance" comes into the equation.
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the 'change' you're referring to did not come about on a whim. It came about because the process to amend it was followed. we the people were stymied on it for a time due to that very same government you're talking about having the ability to 'evolve' the constitution.
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