Re: US Constitution and Mutating Ethics

[thansen@moscow.com]

Greetings Visionaires -

Ed Evans stated:

" . . . I am willing to continue this thread if you can demonstrate that our 
current Constitution, and it's interpretation, do not contradict the ethical 
principles the founding fathers held two centuries ago."

Your question is similar to asking, "Why don't we still use Pony Express?  It 
worked over a hundred years ago."

The US Constitution was purposely worded generically so as to allow the future 
to interpret it the way that it should apply at the time.

Let me guess your next question (as we have heard it from you several times 
before).  Who specifically interprets and applies their values to the 
Constitution?  That is very simple.  The legislature and the US Supreme Court 
interpret the Constituion.  "The People" vote in legislators.  Supreme Court 
justices are appointed by the President and confirmed/rejected (after hearings) 
by a senate subcommittee made up of U.S. senators who are also elected by "the 
people".

So, the long-term response to your question, Mr. Evans, is that "the people" 
interpret the US Constitution and apply it as appropriate.

Take care,

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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