The Courts do not focus on the founders because they were gods but because their ideas were ratified by the people and remain the law of the land until the people change it. That's the way it should be. As soon as an amendment is ratified, the Courts stop focusing on the founders for that part and start focusing on the legislators who passed the amendment.
The procedure doesn't just apply to the Constitution. Courts will focus on the legislative intent of any statute, whether it was passed last week or 100 years ago. Would we really want them doing anything else? Aaron On Oct 24, 8:49 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When people are talking about the constitution, they try to figure out what > the founding fathers meant by this and that as if they were gods. The > founding fathers are dead and I don't particularly care how they would > interpret > something. What I care about is what is in the best interest of the world as > we know it now. Trying to figure out what the founding fathers would do or > what they meant is like trying to figure out what a doctor of that age would > do > to treat cancer. It is irrelevant. > The bottom line is I am packing a legal pistol and I am happy that law > abiding citizens have that right. > > J. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
