I found these three quotes separately, but they all tie together. What is a Constitution? It is the form of government, delineated by the mighty hand of the people, in which certain first principles of fundamental law are established. The Constitution is certain and fixed; it contains the permanent will of the people, and is the supreme law of the land; it is paramount to the power of the Legislature, and can be revoked or altered only by the authority that made it. --William Paterson, VanHornes Lessee v. Dorrance, 1795 “Unfortunately, for most of the last century, the Left discarded the amendment process in favor of adopting what they call the living constitution -- a malleable document that means whatever they want it to mean at the time they want to mean it.” --Patriot Post-- In the words of George Washington, “The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution, which at any time exists, ‘till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:42:49 +0000
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