Posted by
Deornwulf on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:32:43 AM
Why is it that if a conservative issue is being pushed, the Constitution is used by liberals and the media as though engraved in stone but it becomes a Living, Breathing Document when dealing with liberal issues?
My belief is that it is just a piece of paper......and it only has value from our current beliefs and morals. Certain aspects of the Constitution were meant to be unchanging, such as the delegation of powers to the three branches and such. One could argue that the Bill of Rights should be view as inviolate and I would tend to agree. However, the Constitution was formed with the notion that it would be revisited and revised as times changed. Otherwise, why have a process for amending it?
There are some grave issues facing the country at present and I believe it is high time to amend the Constitution to make certain things plain and clear. I'm tired of having judicial activism change the laws of the land to suit certain political agendas. A few new constitutional amendments could end a great deal of the nonsense going on in the country.
1 - We need an amendment to clearly define the phrase "establishment of religion." If a panel of 100 legal experts and a panel of 100 grammarians were asked to explain the phrase, at least 100 different defintions would result. (Probally 200 if each one was willing to stick to his or her guns.) An amendment would take it out of the hands of individual judges and make it clear as to whether or not placing a manora or creche in front of city hall or a school is enough to establish a religion or does it take laws forcing individuals to actively participate in worship to establish a religion.
2 - It would be nice to have a simple amendment clarifying and restricting how congressional districts can be drawn up. I don't care if my candidates currently benefit from the gerrymandering that is now in force because there will come a day when they don't. Congressional districts should make geographic sense and be logical in their construction.
3 - A marriage amendment....need I say more.
That's all for now. I will come back to this issue at some other time.