WND Exclusive - America Requires the Stability of the Constitution to Survive

by: Brent Smith

There has been a great debate roiling in America for more than a century. That debate being about the Constitution - whether it is carved in stone or a “living document.”

Real conservatives wish to govern in accordance with the Constitution and the “original intent” of those who crafted the document. I would agree with this, as obviously would the founders.

In 2006 Todd Gaziono of the Heritage Foundation said: “Original intent is the only legitimate means of interpretation under our written Constitution and all other philosophies are illegitimate.” Mr. Gaziono is of course correct.

That same year Elliott Mincberg, then vice president of the George Soros ultra lefty group “People for the American Way” said: “It was the framers intent that the Constitution adapt to changing circumstances.” In other words, a living or malleable Constitution. This has been the progressive movement’s mantra from Woodrow Wilson to today.