JakeStarkey
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- Aug 10, 2009
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I am always surprised by the number of people who trust lawyers enough to casually cede them the power to interpret the United States Constitution any way they want to. Without adherence to original intent, the chief legal document of our nation becomes nothing more than a mere guide for the five lawyers to go by, if they choose to do so. Democrats worry about Republicans, and Republicans worry about Democrats, and both worry whether congress or the administration is going to take down our country. However, when we wake up and find that our cherished freedoms are no more, it will have been a cabal of five lawyers in black robes who did the deed.
The United States Constitution is a legal document. A contract between the federal government, the soverign states, and the people of those states. Contracts are always subject to original intent as the prime legal driver.
What some of you advocate, is similiar to a mortgage contract that establishes a 4% interest rate for the term of 40 years. Ten years into the mortgage, and with mortgage rates at 9%, the mortgage company takes you to court for a better interest rate. After all, shouldn't the contract be interpreted in accordance with the modern standard versus the original intent?
You are comparing contract law with civil rights law?
The heavens laugh at you.