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In reply to the discussion: Scalia: Constitution is ‘dead, dead, dead’ [View all]Klukie
(2,237 posts)26. Jefferson, on reform of the Virginia Constitution
"Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment... laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind... as that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, institutions must advance also, to keep pace with the times.... We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain forever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." -- Thomas Jefferson, on reform of the Virginia Constitution
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So... no one other than land-owning white guys should ever have been allowed to vote?
villager
Jan 2013
#1
Apparently so. On the up side, he now has to face the fact that him impoverished Italian immigrant
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#60
The government of the Bill of Rights instead of the government of the Constitution.
DhhD
Jan 2013
#44
Yes, due in no small part to that presidential selection you made a little over a decade ago. n/t
Downtown Hound
Jan 2013
#4
Scalia is the experiment that this country needed to go through to convince us once and for all
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2013
#18
You're right. Reagan had originally considered Bork when he nominated Scalia instead.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#25
If this is the case, then we do not actually have liberty or self-determination, but
NinetySix
Jan 2013
#22
I Guess It's Only A Living Document When We Consider the Second Amendment.....nt
global1
Jan 2013
#30
no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#70
The 2nd Amendment needs to be reworded,changed or removed. The US has the federal Armed Forces; no
DhhD
Jan 2013
#49
. . . because the Founding Fathers did not inted to maintain a standing army
Jack Rabbit
Jan 2013
#65
Then since his job is to defend it, he should be "unemployed, unemployed, unemployed"
wickerwoman
Jan 2013
#83
If the Constitution is dead then doesn't that mean there shouldn't be any USSCJ's?
LiberalFighter
Jan 2013
#86