Constitution+DayJD08

While attempting to become the Republican candidate for President in 2008, Fred Thompson said, "//I do not believe the Constitution is a **living, breathing document**. I am committed to appointing strict constructionist judges to the bench if I am elected President, strict constructionists who believe the Constitution has a fixed meaning that can be applied to cases that come before the courts today. They do NOT believe the Constitution is a living, breathing document, whose meaning, constantly changing with the sifting sands of our culture, can be determined and applied by unelected judges."//

Al Gore made the following statement while running for President in 2000: //"I would look for justices of the Supreme Court who understand that our Constitution is a **living and breathing document**, that it was intended by our founders to be interpreted in the light of the constantly evolving experience of the American people.//"

Who was right?

Prove that the Constitution should be a "living and breathing" document or Prove that the Constitution should not be a "living and breathing" document

=__**0:00-0:15 Small Talk and What is the Constitution**__=


 * Say hello and make small talk about things going on in the person's life. List a few things you could talk about with your person.

1 I bet it was fun being the political leader of Rhode Island and signing the declaration od independence

2 It must have been interesting having a brother become the 1st commander in cheif of the continental navy

3 It must have been hard moving back to province ( all info. was found at wikipedia.com)

Remind him what the Constitution is

1 The Constitution is a document of laws that was created to govern the United States of America** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(politician) =**__0:15-0:30__**=
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution**


 * Why is it "living or breathing?" or Why is it not "living and breathing?" What is your proof?

1 I think the constitution is a living and breathing document because it is used in court rooms of america but is only used as the base. i also belive this because of what al gore once staeted"... it was intended by our founders to be interpretated in the light of the constintly envolving experience of the american people." this means that the united states constitution has a different meaning to everyone, except people that are constructionists.and as the world enhances the constitution must go with it, therefore every situation it is applied fto its meaning is interpreted differently.**

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