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"I would look for justices of the Supreme Court who understand that our Constitution is a living and breathing document,that is was intended by our founders to he interpreted in the light of the constantly evolving experience of the American people." -Al Gore

-I think that the Constitution is a living and breathing document. It may not be physcially living and breathing, but in our day to day life it has a big impact. The docuement itself isn't living, but the text in it is living in each and every person in the U.S.

-Some people think of the Constitution as dead because the rules never change and are not flexible.

-Some people on the other hand think it is living and breathing because as the times change people need different rules and the constitution adapts to the changes

-new amendments have been added throught the years. When women wanted more rights, they were added to the constitution, and therefor the constitution adapted and grew to fit the issues that were happening during this period of time.

--220 years ago 10 of the first amendments were added. From 1794,17 rules have been added. This shows that the constitution has grown throught the years.

http://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_a5.html#Q93 A. The Constitution has been termed a "Living Document," but whether you think it is, or rather should be, depends on your [|interpretation] of the Constitution itself. Through out time, the Constitution has been interpreted by many people; Presidents, Congress people, Judges, Justices, and plain folk like me. The fact that we are able to do this at all is where the phrase comes from. Some believe that the Constitution is a whole document in and of itself, and that any further interpretation of its text is not only unnecessary but undesirable. However, my feeling is that the bulk of the people in the United States take a view that allows the Constitution to be interpreted to at least some extent. In interpreting the Constitution, it is said to grow, expand, adapt. In this way, it is like a living thing. It is able to take the external surroundings and change to suit them. These changes are most visible in the decisions of the Supreme Court. For example, at one point, the Court ruled that separate institutions for black and white citizens were perfectly legal and constitutional, as long as the institutions were equal in power and efficacy - the "separate but equal" doctrine. In this century, the Supreme Court turned this doctrine on its ear by declaring that separate cannot mean equal, and segregation was unconstitutional.
 * "How is the Constitution a living document?"**

-If you change a dead mans clothes, you are just changing his appearence. You are not changing with is inside of him and what he believed in.