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Originally Posted by filtherton
Reading is interpreting. You can't read something with committing an act of interpretation.
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if you take plain text at it's meaning, it's not necessary to interpret. that is, unless the purpose is to thwart the plain text you're reading.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Constitutional law exists as a means to refer to the Constitution in matters of the nation. This practice is done among the people; you know, the living kind.
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and in case you haven't noticed, we're a long way from the constitution as it was written.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Law making, enacting, and enforcing is meant to be done under the authority of the Constitution. It is up to the people to determine whether this is being done accordingly. It's not up to ghosts.
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however, those laws and enforcement shouldn't go beyond the prescribed powers in the constitution, yet that's exactly what we have today. Are those constitutional in reality? or are the people powerless to stop it now?
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
The problem with interpretations of the Constitution is that it's not always that well written. I've talked about this with some of the Amendments. I haven't read the whole Constitution, but it's my understanding that a number of problems arise with some of the diction and sentence structures. I suppose this is why it's so compelling to want to keep returning to the founders' intentions.
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how are they not well written? there's really only one amendment that has any vagueness to it and that's the fourth.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
What does that have to do with the question it absolute vs. limited rights? I'm talking about a necessary limitation on the freedom of religion. If we had an absolute freedom of religion, parents could treat their children with candles, prayers and oils. I don't want to live in a country where children are forced to suffer and die because of their parent's religious beliefs. Do you?
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then i'd say you're free to move to another country. that or you can propose a new amendment to the constitution to limit freedom of religion or a new constitutional convention.