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A New Constitution
By Ender | March 19, 2009
I’ve often thought it would be an interesting exercise to try to re-write the constitution–only to clarify the actual intent by the authors. There are many source documents (Federalist Papers, etc.) that would help us glean the intent. Many of our problems stem from people, judges, and legislators trying to bend the meaning of the words to mean what “they” want it to mean. Let’s face it, some people simply don’t like some of the rights afforded in the Constitution (the 2nd Amendment comes to mind). If it were more clear what the actual meaning of the articles were, there would be far fewer problems.
Unfortunately, including the specificity would require the use of examples, e.g., “No our right to free speech was never meant to allow pedophiles to promote their sick lifestlye on the Internet.” And with this, leads to more loopholes, because we couldn’t possibly think of all the ways people would want to abuse the “right” provided.
I’m sure there would be a way to do this, but it would take a group of very smart people, of the caliber of our founding fathers, to pull this off. I know I’m not smart enough to do it, but I truly believe they’re out there. I’m also confident they would not come from the political realm. These people would need to be of the strict constructionist camp, not the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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