Interpretation of the Constitution

I grew up learning that the Constitution of the Unites States of America was a “living document.” I thought they meant that was living in that it could be changed by adding amendments. Later on I learned that some people mean that its meaning can be changed and adapted to the times. This is ridiculous. If this is true, then we have no Constitution and the Rule of Law becomes nothing more than a Rule of Feelings. This leads to arbitrary law established by an elite judicial oligarchy, which can lead to the worst kind of social injustice.

To find out what the Constitution means, we need to look at how the people who wrote and ratified each article, section, and amendment viewed them. In other words, what did they mean them to say? They mean no more and no less. This is called "original meaning." The Constitution was written in plain English and was meant to be understood by the common man.

In order to prevent a few judges from ruling the land based on their arbitrary views, we need to appoint judges that interpret the Constitution using the principles of original meaning.