values - Supreme Court: A living or dead Constitution?

The Genie is out of the bottle and it'll be hard getting him back in.  Times they are a'changin.'

Birth of a Nation

D.W. Griffith, 1915

(3h0m24s)
And, in HQ at YouTube from Hollywood Classics in 20 (9m) parts:
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20
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Antonin Scalia - A Living Constitution "This Court is re-writing the Constitution!"

Justice Scalia explains the concept of a living Constitution and looks at the implications contained within.  http://www.LibertyPen.com
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Antonin Scalia - A Living or Dead Constitution?

You can view the complete (37m24s) video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/23/Uncommon_Knowledge_Antonin_Scalia
     U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia rejects the judicial notion of a 'living' Constitution that can be interpreted to account for social changes in American society, an idea he describes as "unfortunate."  "The Constitution that I interpret and apply is not living, but dead," says Scalia.

     This program was recorded as a part of the Hoover Institution's interview series, Uncommon Knowledge.

     The Constitution "is not living, but dead."  With these words Associate Justice Scalia sums up how he believes we should think about the Constitution -- a way of thinking that underpins the theory of "originalism" which guides his approach to cases that come before the Supreme Court.

     In expounding on originalism, Scalia takes the Court to task on past decisions, including Roe v. Wade, and measures just how far the Court can and should go in reversing these mistakes - Hoover Institution.

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