Re:Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake
by nickff on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:03PM
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>"It's meant to be a living document, right? "
The constitution was not originally intended to be a 'living' document; that theory came about in the progressive era as a way to change the meaning of the constitution without amending it.[1]
Re:Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake
by sdenton4 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:05PM
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I meant living document in the prosaic sense, of document meant to be regularly updated. The amendment process is baked in from the start, so was clearly intended from the beginning.
The constitution was not originally intended to be a 'living' document; that theory came about in the progressive era as a way to change the meaning of the constitution without amending it.[1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Constitution