> > Liberals -- believe that the original documents of our nation's founding should be interpreted through the lens of modern times
> >
> > Conservatives -- believe that the documents should be applied in their original context to today
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> So, what does that make someone who thinks that the original intent of the U.S. Constitution was for it to be interpreted differently as times change?


Good question. I would tend to answer it as "believing that the original documents of our nation's founding should be interpreted through the lens of modern times" - because with the "conservative" definition, the important part is that the original historical context still remains.


> T.J.: "A little revolution every twenty years is a good thing."

Reminds me of someone's quote about how the tree of democracy is watered by the blood of martyrs? Or something like that.

> Ga"a Constitution doesn't do a whit of good, anyway"be

Doesn't it, though? Could you imagine the United States without a constitution? It would be completely and utterly different from the society that we know. And I'm not just saying that the mere having of a constitution is all that matters either.