It's ironic isn't it? The "elites" are quick to point out that the Great Unwashed are in no position to interpret the constituion and bill of rights, precisely BECAUSE any damn fool knows in reality that they were written in plain English - this will never do, they reserve for themselves to tell us what they "really" meant. "The Federalist" is a good start, along with Jefferson's copious correspondence, etc. The shabby little secret that's never stated - modern "liberals" aren't, most, if not all, Democrats aren't democratic.
Undermining a representative democracy - a Republic - takes time and they are doing a bang up job of it. Incrementalism, activism and a sophist judiciary; a dumbed down populace is a big part of the program.
companion to the Federalist Papers-I must include Debate on the Constitution,Bernard Bailyn,editor; A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States,by Joseph Story(Regnery 1997 from the 1859 original);and
David Bartons'Original Intent.(not to leave out Jeffersons'
Writings, Merrill D.Peterson,editor) the more I learn about
the Constitution and the men who wrote and ratified it --the more convincingproof I see that the Left,post FDR do not represent that same system nor fundamental truths that
were established 1730-1805 and maintained until we allowed the Soviet Communists and the Ku Klux Klan build their damned destructive Wall of Separation.