A Trilogy:

	George Washington: ...Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government be braced and held by a steady hand, and every violation of the constitution be reprehended: if defective let it be amended, but not suffered to be trampled upon whilst it has an existence¹²⁹. - 129 is a footnote reference to a letter from G.W. to Henry Lee regarding Shay's Rebellion, in Douglas Southall Freeman, George Washington, Vol. 6, p72.
	Al Gore, Harry Blackmum and a host of others from both parties, and from a professor I had in the '50s: ...the Constitution is a living document...

	Lewis Carrol's Red Queen: ... words mean what I choose them to mean ...

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It is my opinion (Dahlseide - Free Republic website) that the above Trilogy explains many decisions of our Supreme Court. It appears to me that the discovery of abortion as a right under a penumbra of our Constitution is result of a long line of dangerous precedents culminating, through the vehicle of a living constitution, in words meaning what the Supreme Court wants, or decides, them to mean.
Why?
I have read a book entitled Principles of Confederacy that I believe explains our Founders original intent regarding the judiciary, and furthermore explains a dangerous precedent set by our first Supreme Court.
How so?
Below you will find President & Judges, Chapter IX of Principles of Confederacy in which, in my opinion, you will find a precedent set, intentionally or not, by John Marshall in Madison v Marbury, that has resulted in; first, a living constitution and, second; followed as certainly as night follows day, by words mean what the Court wants them to mean.
Clearly I am not the author of Principles of Confederacy. Any comments that I make with reference to Principles of Confederacy are not to be construed in any way as supported by the author. I do however have permission from the author to post Chapter IX on the Free Republic website. The author is John Remington Graham a member of the Minnesota Bar. Chapter IX , titled President and Judges, is reproduced in its entirety below following credits and statement of copyrights.

link to: Chapter IX: President & Judges

"This monk," said Dr. Mallerstadt, the rector of the university, himself a man of great learning and fame, "will reform the whole Church. He builds on the prophets and apostles, which neither Scotist nor Thomist can overthrow." 6

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