http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/constitution_2020/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Fri, 24 May 2013 14:13:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/constitution_2020/#comment-152763 DKGuy Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:41:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5144#comment-152763 The fact that the Constitution once protected slavery does not mean we should interpret it to mean whatever we now think is best. Just because the law is wrong doesn't mean it's not the law. If it's wrong, change it -- as the Constitution was changed -- don't pretend it doesn't say what it does. The fact that the Constitution once protected slavery does not mean we should interpret it to mean whatever we now think is best. Just because the law is wrong doesn’t mean it’s not the law. If it’s wrong, change it — as the Constitution was changed — don’t pretend it doesn’t say what it does.

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