The task of interpreting a document that was originally written years ago and using it for practical purposes to decide some of the most controversial disputes in America is very difficult. The Constitution has given America a reason to fight over the last 200 years. The first argument over constitiutional rights brought before the Supreme Court was Chisholm vs Georgia in 1793 over payments that Chisholm felt Georgia owed him because ha had supplied Georgia goods during the American Revolutionart War. Since then hundreds of cases have been taken to the Supreme Court with hopes of getting properly interpreted with the Constitution. This debate has gone on since 1793 and will continue to do
