• Triasha@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Says you. It could absolutely mean the latter. We decide that.

    See: France as a counterexample.

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        3 months ago

        We collectively decide what the constitution means.

        Mostly the Supreme Court decides, of course, but we can vote for presidents that will pick justices that agree with us and congressional reps that will impeach justices that don’t.

        Congress shall make no law respecting can be interpreted in different ways. Every part of the constitution is open to interpretation.