No one can understand the Constitution any more; not even the Supreme Court Justices.
I don’t see how as it is written in plain English. Not much left for interpretation as it is pretty straight forward.
Plain English is before lawyers expand it. Sometimes it is pretty hard to get it to say what you want it to rather than what it actually says, but if you have enough money or power you can pretty much get a majority of 9 Justices to say that yes means no.
It doesn't matter what you and I and millions of others think.
Reality is what it is, not what we think (or wish) it should be. We have to deal with what we have, and everyone is busy trying to sort things out.
There have been many books written about this subject. Two of my favorites is A Matter of Interpretation, by Justice Scalia, and Witnesses at the Creation, by Richard B. Morris.
I have always respected and used official U.S. archives and records of the White House and the National Archives, for historical reality. No more. Anything "official" coming out of the white house since Clinton is virtually useless.
(remember Sandy Burglar? He was authorized access by Clinton himself, to steal and destroy original White House Documents; but I digress.)
I have also respected the Office of the president, still do. But I can never respect the present holder of the office. His criminal actions speak louder than his BS rhetoric. There's no changing that.
But there is a lot of education and history still available to us all, written long before the present megalomaniac entered the scene, and it is quite useful and educational. If the current regime has had the arrogance to change White House history from the past, there is no question that he must be impeached. I challenge any current elected criminal to argue against that.
Having said all that, here is a brief education along the topic of this thread :
Jefferson's First Inaugural Address
I would be amazed if most Freepers will not find a treasure trove of useful quotes in those two documents. I will cite just one...
"...the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people -- a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism; a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burthened; the honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith; "