Is the NFL Rulebook a “Living Document”?
The NFL Rulebook runs 198 pages and contains 18 rules and their elaborations. It is changed every year, but only when it does not apply to actual play — in the off-season; in that sense it is a living document. However, during the playing season, when its rules are applied, the judges on the field make rulings on what the book actually says, not what they want it to say.
Maybe the Constitution should be treated like the NFL Rulebook.
December 13th, 2005 at 7:34 am
The constitution is a living document in as much as it provides for amendments to change for changing times. This was one of the great ideas of our forefathers who could not foresee what would happen in the future of our great nation. Why is it that liberal democrat judges think that because the constitution is a living document, it gives them the power to enact legislation from their lofty perches. Law is to be made by legislators in their sessions. A judges job is to INTERPRET the law, not to invent it. Judges now are using that statement to constantly make new law as they see fit in situations they are making rulings on. When a law is wrong on the playing field of life, it is up to legislators to change or repeal it in session. IT IS NOT A JUDGES JOB TO DETERMINE WHETHER A LAW IS RIGHT OR WRONG, MERELY TO INTERPRET IT IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE LAW IS NOT CLEAR.