Seems he misses the point. The Tea Party is mostly upset that the courts are re-interpreting the Constitution rather than having the people formally amend it. Yes, originalism and ancestor-worship plays a role, but it isn't the only one.
-- Ernie P. On Jan 6, 2011, at 9:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Of course federal laws should be constitutional. But if we as a people want > the federal government to do something that the present constitution does not > permit, let's amend the much-amended constitution once again, or replace it > with a completely new constitution, as the states have frequently done. The > U.S. Constitution is not the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, and James > Madison and John Adams were not Lycurgus and Solon. > > -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
