On Sep 4, 10:32*pm, RHF wrote:
On Sep 4, 8:12*pm, bpnjensen wrote:

On Sep 4, 7:12*pm, John Smith wrote:

On 9/3/2010 8:34 PM, dave wrote:

We're supposed to interpret it the way we see fit. *Meanings change over
time.

Yes, you are. *But the rest of us with sane mind, and not residing in
mental institutions, will handle it for you and make sure the true
intent of the forefathers, and the will of the majority of the people,
are carried out.

But this is not what the Constitution says.

OK - What Does The US Constitution Say :
We the People of the United States, {Power To The People}
in Order to form a more perfect Union, {National Unity}
Establish Justice, {Not Preference for the Few }
Insure Domestic Tranquility, {Not Class Warfare}
Provide for the Common Defence, {Not a Police State}
Promote the General Welfare, {Freedom To Be Free}
and Secure the Blessings of Liberty {From God For The People}
to Ourselves and our Posterity, {Today and into the Future}
do Ordain and Establish this Constitution {Created By The People}
for the United States of America.
{A Republic : Government Accountable To The People}

say what you will : it says what it says ~ RHF
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First of all, you wrote in lots of words that are not there. That's
your interpretation, and has little to do with my point.

The Constitution does not guarantee that the majority's will rules.
If it did, it would not have set up a Republic with the two houses of
Congress structured differently, a single person with power of
approval and veto, and a judiciary system that could override
everything. That was my point. The founders recognized that "shoot-
from-the-hip" rule by majority would and could be unjust and dangerous
to minorities.

Bruce