Constitution+DayMV08

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

Your answer and evidence is due on Friday. It will be a phone call to one of the signers explaining to them how the Constitution should be interpreted today. It will be between :55sec and 1:05 minutes long. You can work in a group or by yourself.

Directions for recording the phone call (It will not cost you one cent)