Each generation lends life to the principles recorded in the Constitution. It's just an object otherwise. So-called "originalists" want to see it pickled it in a bottle, even as they cheerfully ignore the guidance of the Preamble, but it become a living thing to the degreewe incorporate principles of liberty, unity, justice, and responsibility into our own social practices and daily lives.
Living things--Great! Living things need repeated--repeated--exercise, attention, feeding, thought, planning...living things need life itself.
Each generation lends life to the principles recorded in the Constitution. It's just an object otherwise. So-called "originalists" want to see it pickled it in a bottle, even as they cheerfully ignore the guidance of the Preamble, but it become a living thing to the degreewe incorporate principles of liberty, unity, justice, and responsibility into our own social practices and daily lives.