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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why President Biden needs to add many more Justices to the Court. And those Justices need to be chosen with their political ideologies in mind, to offset the 6-7 seat conservative bias the court currently has now.

Because the court we have now is essentially irrelevant. And the decisions they hand down are equally irrelevant, because all those decisions favor the right. Biden needs to add at least 8 progressive Justices to the Court for it to have anything approaching credibility. [/quote]

Because then it will provide decisions you like as opposed to one’s based on what the constitution requires.  Have your representatives work to change the constitution to your liking.  That is the path you should be pursuing. [/quote]

Remember.... you are responding to people who believe the Constitution is malleable and fluid and can be interpreted as they see fit. 
Likewise, they believe SCOTUS should rule based on what is popular today and not based on law.  [/quote]

It’s a constitution, not a code of laws. Of course it isn’t calcified. [/quote]

Changes to the Constitution are made through Amendments.  It has been done many times.  
And, yes, the Constitution is law.  And, it is the basis on which more specific laws in a county, state, or country are made.

the basic principles and[b] laws [/b]of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constitution

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States#:~:text=The%20Constitution%20of%20the%20United,frame%20and%20constraints%20of%20government.

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The 2nd Amendment was radically reinterpreted by Scalia in Heller. Of course it’s “malleable” - we watched Scalia do it himself. [/quote]

You may not like the decision, but it was based on Constitutional law.  [/quote]

No. It wasn’t. [/quote]

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