Uh, slavery was allowed. Slaves were considered 3/5 of a human being. And women could not vote. Yes, the Constitution DOES change over time!
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur
13 Oct 2020
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Amy Coney Barrett on originalism: "That means that I interpret the Constitution as a law... I understand it to have the meaning that it had at the time people ratified it. That meaning doesn't change over time and it's not up to me to update it or infuse my policy views into it."

Oct 15, 2020 · 3:07 AM UTC

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...only through amendments.
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none of that was in the Constitution! nice try!
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I don't mean to be disrespectful but this person shouldn't be on a local school board! Putting her on the Supreme Court is absolutely an insult to the majority of Americans!🇺🇸
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You dope, they altered the constitution
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What's your favorite Constitutional Amendment?
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With amendments added by 2/3 vote of all States.
Dan McLaughlin
 @baseballcrank
15 Oct 2020
There must be some sort of memo that goes out to not learn about amendments.
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Yet, some schools of thought tend to disagree, saying, the 13th amendment, in particular, is Illegal or possibly illegal. In the #longgame you can believe tons of time & money 💰 have been dedicated to craft & wage an interesting argument for that cause. #everythingisrelative
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OMG you're actually making her point. The Constitution, by design, is changed by the people, not judges.
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Jeez-us. Are you guys that dense?
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By amendments... this isn’t a hard ideology to understand.
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