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The Living Constitution, by David A. Strauss
This 8 decades, nearly century-long lack of disclosure to the wider public leaves the impression that the idea is entirely new.
This 8 decades, nearly century-long lack of disclosure to the wider public leaves the impression that the idea is entirely new.
While many progressives disfavor openly using the phrase ''living constitution'', there are a handful who are defiant<ref name=tnralive>[https://newrepublic.com/article/75628/its-alive It's Alive], [[The New Republic]]</ref> with regard to keeping it in public view. David A. Strauss,<ref>[http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/strauss David A. Strauss]</ref> a professor of Law at [[Harvard]] who has argued 18 cases in front of the Supreme Court, defines the ''living constitution'' this way:
<blockquote>A "''living constitution''" is one that evolves, changes over time, and adapts to new circumstances, without being formally amended.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OYxoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 The Living Constitution], by David A. Strauss, page 1</ref><ref name=tnralive /></blockquote>
===On the Court===
===On the Court===
* [[Roe v. Wade]]
* [[Roe v. Wade]]
* [[Evolving constitution]]
* [[Evolving constitution]]
* [[Frank Johnson Goodnow]]
==References==
==References==