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The phrase '''Living Constitution''' means the [[U.S. Constitution]] should be interpreted however a majority of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] feels it should. This view of the Constitution is closely associated with [[judicial activism]]  and [[Judicial Supremacy]], and is responsible for some of the most dangerous rulings in history.    [[Phyllis Schlafly]] points out in her book ''The Supremes'' that ""Living" and "evolution" (or "evolving") are code words used by judicial supremacists to express their conceit that they can substitute meanings that were never present in the Constitution or our statutes."<ref>[https://www.eagleforum.org/Supremacists/Ch1.pdf The Supremacists], Chapter 1, by [[Phyllis Schlafly]]</ref>
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The phrase '''Living Constitution''' means the [[U.S. Constitution]] should be interpreted however a majority of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] feels it should. This view of the Constitution is closely associated with [[judicial activism]]  and [[Judicial Supremacy]], and is responsible for some of the most dangerous rulings in history.    [[Phyllis Schlafly]] points out in her book ''The Supremacists'' that ""Living" and "evolution" (or "evolving") are code words used by judicial supremacists to express their conceit that they can substitute meanings that were never present in the Constitution or our statutes."<ref>[https://www.eagleforum.org/Supremacists/Ch1.pdf The Supremacists], Chapter 1, by [[Phyllis Schlafly]]</ref>
    
The doctrine of the '''living constitution''' places the Supreme Court at the head of an unauthorized, ongoing [[Constitutional Convention]].<ref>[http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/the-supreme-court-as-sitting-constitutional-convention/ The Supreme Court as Sitting Constitutional Convention]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NFy6N6dRhT0C&pg=PA62 Originalism in American Law and Politics: A Constitutional History]</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-problem-of-judicial-supremacy The Problem of Judicial Supremacy]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ea05iZJUFlAC&pg=PA93 All Hail the Death of Truth! the Advent of the Postmodern Era]</ref><ref>[http://spectator.org/48353_ongoing-constitutional-convention/ The Ongoing Constitutional Convention], [[American Spectator]]</ref><ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/12/05/mark-levin-wows-state-legislators-take-your-power-back/ Mark Levin Wows State Legislators: 'Take Your Power Back'], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref><ref>[http://www.libertylawsite.org/2014/10/01/constitutional-interpretation-in-republican-and-mixed-regimes/ Constitutional Interpretation in Republican and Mixed Regimes]</ref>
 
The doctrine of the '''living constitution''' places the Supreme Court at the head of an unauthorized, ongoing [[Constitutional Convention]].<ref>[http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/the-supreme-court-as-sitting-constitutional-convention/ The Supreme Court as Sitting Constitutional Convention]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NFy6N6dRhT0C&pg=PA62 Originalism in American Law and Politics: A Constitutional History]</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-problem-of-judicial-supremacy The Problem of Judicial Supremacy]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ea05iZJUFlAC&pg=PA93 All Hail the Death of Truth! the Advent of the Postmodern Era]</ref><ref>[http://spectator.org/48353_ongoing-constitutional-convention/ The Ongoing Constitutional Convention], [[American Spectator]]</ref><ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/12/05/mark-levin-wows-state-legislators-take-your-power-back/ Mark Levin Wows State Legislators: 'Take Your Power Back'], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref><ref>[http://www.libertylawsite.org/2014/10/01/constitutional-interpretation-in-republican-and-mixed-regimes/ Constitutional Interpretation in Republican and Mixed Regimes]</ref>
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