Posted by
Josh Kon on Monday, August 25, 2008 12:00:54 AM
If one thinks the times have changed, then bring
that notion to the ballot box. Written laws do not change with the changing of
times unless the democracy, through its legislature, changes them. So if, for
instance, you think the establishment clause is not working well enough because
irreligious people, due to a mere moment of silence in a public school, are not
being respected equally, then lobby this cause before the American people. See
if they agree with you. But to say that this is what the Bill of Rights—the
democracy’s written voice from 200 years ago—means now, is preposterous. The
constitution is not a living creature that can change its mind based of course
on what 9 unelected minds think it should be; indeed, this notion is quite
undemocratic and should be discarded out of hand as such.