never envisioned or authorized by the US Constitution
Oh FFS. It's not religion, that's why it includes an amendment process. Constitutional fetishists are as bad as Marxists, having some good long-lasting principles is not the same as being right about everything and isn't a good excuse to overlook centuries' worth of additional insights because they don't fit neatly into the original codebase.
Oh FFS. It's not religion, that's why it includes an amendment process. Constitutional fetishists are as bad as Marxists, having some good long-lasting principles is not the same as being right about everything and isn't a good excuse to overlook centuries' worth of additional insights because they don't fit neatly into the original codebase.