Technology has changed, the international situation has changed, the economy has changed, and social mores have changed, all in ways that no one could have thought of when the Constitution was drafted. In fact, the people who thought of the idea of a living constitution have stated their arguments so strongly that, among people who write about constitutional law, the term "the living constitution" is hardly ever used. The Constitution is supposed to be a solid foundation, the embodiment of our most fundamental principles-that's the whole idea of having a constitution. If the Constitution is not constant, if it changes from time to time, then someone is changing it, and doing so according to his or her own ideas about what the Constitution should
