Wrong, it was a violation of the 4th amendment and enacting it in itself was unlawful.

No law can violate a person's rights...otherwise it is null and void.

it was enacted through legal means

it became nullified.

It was unlawful.

That was a lesson learned.

If you violate rights, the people suffer.

It never happened again.

Judicial precedence is of little regard as society evolves

Society evolves because of precedence.

you cant have 300 years of precedence and then think your nation will be the exact same

precedence is the legitimate status quo

of law

Evolution is stabilized by precedence.

wait

Without precedence, you have anarchy.

so you said it evolves because of it

but it also stabilizes evolution

so

what is it

Both.

@fannybandit No precedence can be set at any point.

but it just so happens

this one

is 300 years

old

Stability of evolution, in itself, allows us to evolve.

stability of evolution is an oxymoron

How so?

Without stability, we don't evolve.

ah the french revolution

when all was stable

They didn't have rule of law.

wtf

@fannybandit The American Constitution was put together by a group of elitist, white males living in the 18th century. They were influenced by the "enlightenment" thinking of that time. They had no conception of what kind of world we would be living in today in the 21st century. How could they possibly have written something that would still make any practical sense?

You're comparing a corrupt monarchy that starved it's people to a modernized constitutional republic.

@When Things Aren't Right Go Left Those "elitists" put their lives on the line to overthrow a tyrannical monarchy.

You're comparing a law made in a society 300 years ago to one now.

What of it.

It's the same society...the same nation as well.

Different society.