Antonin Scalia - A Living Constitution

Justice Scalia explains the concept of a living Constitution and looks at the implications contained within. http://www.LibertyPen.com

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[KungfuCow5]

@jaredmayer1 If you read the actual text of the second ammendment you will find a number of points to yours.

[jaredmayer1]

@KungfuCow5 If you read the court opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, you will find a number of counter arguments to your point.

[KungfuCow5]

@americaninjustice The second Ammendment has far out-reached its purpose. It allows arms to be held by regulated militias, not ordinary people, and this was written by people who had just fought a war of Independence and needed militias to protect the poor little, 13 state, young America. America is now a 50 state super power and does not need militias.

[KungfuCow5]

@poidog776 Scalia undermines his own argument when one looks at the dissent he wrote for DC vs. Heller, or his ruling in the Citizens United case.

[fzqlcs]

@Flametamer9 At least you admit you don't like the Constitution. Fine, at least you are upfront. But why seek to dishonor unambiguous concepts. Just create a new one that makes taking the property of others legal.

[Flametamer9]

@fzqlcs How can you claim it is a contract, "between" the people and the government when "the people", had no actual democratic say in the matter? It is a document made by the elite few, for the benefit of the few, to control the many, and was never subjected to a vote. Was it?

[fzqlcs]

@Flametamer9 I see it a bit differently. Scalia simply recognizes the Constitution as the original contract between the people and the government and interprets it as such. Few people would make contracts that are "living" - that is, evolving from their original meaning.

[Flametamer9]

Like the Bible, Scalia accepts the Constitution as an immutable work of infallibe beings. The problem with this if true, is, both of these assumptions are in error.

[writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, LibertyPen.

[edenstore]

@diogotomediogo Did Scalia say that the Constitution was like the bible? When did he say that the principles in the Constitution were right?