Jeff AtwoodMar 4

https://chqdaily.com/2017/07/paul-raushenbush-discusses-great-grandfathers-inner-vision-carried-work-forward/

As for the nation’s literature, Brandeis may have been the first .. to refer to the Constitution as a “living organism, capable of growth and adaptation.”

“This approach allows the fresh context of the present to perform alchemy with the wisdom of the past, to offer new ways to make the law and faith relevant and responsive to present conditions,” he said. “Prophetic witness cannot set its gaze backward on a frozen history with an unrecognizable context. Instead, it faces forward, informed by the past, yet determined to bring back vision into the world in the present age.”

This no longer works, unfortunately.. how does the constitution change when it is effectively impossible to amend due to Constitutional Calcification .. only "interpret" through a ridiculously gerrymandered (thanks Mitch M) SCOTUS? https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/116115405545619662

Show threadJeff AtwoodMar 4
I don't really see a way out here, honestly. If you do, tell me what it is, step by step. Explain it to me like I'm five years old.
Show threadJeff AtwoodMar 4
I mean, I do see a way out, but nobody wants to hear it. Because, again, remarkable lack of bravery here in the land of the free. Just MHO.
Show threadRobert Pluim 🇪🇺Mar 4
@codinghorror The only way out I can see from way over here involves distressing levels of violence and death. Unless by some miracle the Dems win the house and the senate *and* use the power to counter Trump and his apparatus, *and* then enact what people actually need, such as socialized healthcare
Show threadCassandraVert
The silver lining to 47 burning everything down is we get to build it back how we want. Everyone has seen that the constitution has a few holes that need filling. We've seen quite a few weak areas thanks to those who would exploit them.
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