Beet
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« on: May 29, 2009, 06:27:49 PM » |
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As interpreted by American constitutional law, yes, just as many other aspects of American constitutional law contribute to the application of the constitution.
You can argue over whether the development of legal precedent and scholarship imprints upon the constitution itself or not; but the actual law that governs the country, and which has for most of its history, is far more complex than could be embodied only in the words of the original document itself. I'm sorry of this explanation does not fit on a bumper sticker.
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