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SanjiSasuke t1_jcz7msp wrote

Additionally, Originalism is in direct conflict with the Founders intentions. They knew their ideas would grow stale and new ideas would need to take their place. From Thomas Jefferson,

>[N]o society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs always to the living generation.

In fact, in that little writing he argues constitutions and laws should only last 19 years. Not sure I'm quite that far, but the 'intent' couldn't be more clear. Jefferson believed he was wildly unqualified to govern the world of his grandchildren, let alone the world of 2023.

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