| The founders were human too. They can't be expected to have foreseen every problem, issue or controversy that could arise in America hundreds of years after they wrote the Consitution. They did so (and only could do so) in general terms. To slavishly adhere to the strict letter of any law wiithout thinking if it should be modified or interpreted in a manner which reflects current mores and values is to do the very thing the founding fathers abhorred. And, incidentally, the founders were flexible men too. In their time women did not have the vote and blacks were slaves. The reason was, I think, the time wasn't ripe for change and the majority still thought it was alright for an exclusive male vote and slavery to exist. Thomas Jefferson even fathered a child with a black slave. |