Constitution+DayNB08


 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/edit.png width="128" height="37" caption="Edit This Page" link="http://collaborationnation.wikispaces.com/page/edit/Constitution%20Assignment%20B"]]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 ||