Scalia criticized those who believe in what he called the "living Constitution."
"That's the argument of flexibility and it goes something like this: The Constitution is over 200 years old and societies change. It has to change with society, like a living organism, or it will become brittle and break."
"But you would have to be an idiot to believe that," Scalia said. "The Constitution is not a living organism, it is a legal document. It says something and doesn't say other things."
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
The Constitution is dead
And I'm an idiot - I thought "alive" was a metaphor for a socio-historical and semiotic reality. Long live the Constitution!
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It says some things and doesn't say other things? Gosh, that's a brilliant mind at work there! I hope that guy's on the Supreme Court!
But he can't distinguish between the two because he speaks a somewhat different "language" than Madison.
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