Constitution+DayPB0

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

Your answer and evidence is due on Friday. It will be a phone call to Thompson or Gore that will be bewteen :55 and 1:05 minutes long. You can work in a group or by yourself.

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

Francis Hopkinson
 * 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** Judge for Pennsylvania


 * 2** Graduate of the College of Philadelphia


 * 3 C**laimed credit for designing the American flag


 * Remind him what the Constitution is

1 the constitution was a fulfillment to end the war in britin

2** A constitution is a plan of laws for the national government


 * 3 it the supreme law**

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1 i think the constitution is a living breathing document becuase it is always subject to change
 * Why is it "living or breathing?" or Why is it not "living and breathing?"

2 if there are any problems with the laws that are made in the constitution they can be changed at any time just by a simple vote

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1** the people who change the constitution are the people we vote for every two to four years
 * What is your proof?


 * 2** The Constitution of the United States of America is not set in stone. It is constantly changed by the courts.
 * 3

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 * Be creative!!**

work cited: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/ =__//Write your complete script below!! Do not call unless you have your script completely written.//__=