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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 425341" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Good points and immediately upon ratification, the Executive Branch (presidents) and Judicial Branch (Supreme Court) started working around the limitations in the Constitution, which I guess is human nature.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I guess my point is that there has to be flexibility in interpretation as society and the world changes or the constitution must be rewritten every 30 - 40 years.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You notice that I did not include the Congress as working around the Constitution. Congress is the one branch that actually tends to be conforming to the original "intent" and limitations spelled out in the Constitution. This conservative aspect of the Congress is probably why they are perceived as too slow and resistant to change to be a force in progressing our country as compared to the Executive branch and certainly the Judicial Branch.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 425341, member: 7966"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Good points and immediately upon ratification, the Executive Branch (presidents) and Judicial Branch (Supreme Court) started working around the limitations in the Constitution, which I guess is human nature.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I guess my point is that there has to be flexibility in interpretation as society and the world changes or the constitution must be rewritten every 30 - 40 years.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]You notice that I did not include the Congress as working around the Constitution. Congress is the one branch that actually tends to be conforming to the original "intent" and limitations spelled out in the Constitution. This conservative aspect of the Congress is probably why they are perceived as too slow and resistant to change to be a force in progressing our country as compared to the Executive branch and certainly the Judicial Branch.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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