Constitution cannot be changed informally

It has been taught for years in our schools that our Constitution is a “living and breathing” document, that our Founding Fathers intended it to be open for re‑interpretation by each generation. This version of American history is verifiably false.

Our Founding Fathers intended there to be only one way to make changes to our Constitution, and that is through the formal Amendment process as prescribed in the Constitution. Informal changes to the Constitution through executive orders, judicial interpretation, and so‑called “implied powers” are entirely unconstitutional. Nowhere in the Constitution is it suggested that our Founding Fathers intended there to be an informal method to change the Constitution.

What is written in the Constitution is what is meant.  Always go back to the original intent of our Founding Fathers.  The majority of our present politicians do not give credence to the concept of original intent, because it would vastly reduce the power that they have granted to themselves.

We the people should never be comfortable with a government delighted in granting itself more power under the cloak of a “living and breathing” document.

Brenden P. Boudreau

WMU Graduate Student

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Posted by heraldstaff on Nov 15 2009. Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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