[risk]

What I can't stand is the way the left uses the term "living document" as if it meant "alive and well." Yes, it's alive and well. And it means exactly what it did the day each article and amendment were ratified. Nothing more, nothing less.

[GoLightly]

Trying to make it live & breathe is killing it.

[BikerNYC]

And it means exactly what it did the day each article and amendment were ratified.

I agree. The question is figuring out what it means. For example, what does "Congress shall make no law..." mean?

There's no reason to believe that those who came before us were correct in figuring out what it means. They weren't perfect. We must figure out what it means ourselves.