BigBear wrote:
The only thing that seems to evolve are your liberal minds that see everything through a kaleidoscope.
Changes to the Constitution are only done through amendments that get added to the end of the document. No part of the document gets changed or rewritten at any time. It is clearly written in plain english. Your contempt for it is the reason for you wanting it to change. And the great divide is why any further amendments are to be made any time soon.
If we follow the constitution as you claim, consider the following portions of the constitution's amendments, and explain how police can confiscate vehicles, cell phones, search cell phones, confiscate fishing equipment including boats, hunting guns, any other weapons including knives and hand guns and just about anything during an alleged traffic violation. (Bear in mind that the question of searching cell phones has recently been before the Supreme Court.)
Some will say this is civil confiscation. If so, point out to me where in the constitution the distinction between criminal and civil rights is made.
4th amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
5th amendment:
.......nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
14th amendment:
.....nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Repeat: If we follow the constitution as you claim, consider the (above) portions of the constitution's amendments, and explain how police can.......
From the above, it appears to me that there have been changes to the constitution that do not appear in it.......in practice, if not in fact.