Postmodernist thought seeps into constitutional thought

yeah, I said it.

I believe in Einstein, because I like his hair.
I believe Einstein disproved many presently persistent theories of God.

The basic principle of a God is his immortality. Most monotheistic religions believe that God, being one and eternal, is unborn.
(yes, Arians, the Nicenes won, that's why we say their fucking creed in Church, so shut your fourth century greek bitch-asses up.)
Not born and not dying, neither created nor destroyed, this God is. He (who must also, being infinite, be she) never was and won't be, but is eternally present.
Immutable.

And then Einstein comes along and shows us everything, time and space, is relative to the speed of light. Except for that speed, everything changes.

Therefore, God is speed. God is LIGHT. God is minuscule massless photons waving by.

So about the Constitution. It's a big deal.
- In the Enlightenment, when everything was reasonable except Optimism (fuck you, Candide), a bunch of really, really smart people sat down separately to try to think out the best form of government, including the meaning and purpose. The movement was to determine the minimum amount of government needed to protect basic (immutable) rights, which for some was a whole lot.
- Subsequently, A bunch of really smart people and George Washington sat down together in our lovely Philadelphian belltower to think out a way to actually protect basic rights (this could be argued, but eventually, I'd win, so I'll save you the reading). The resulting document divvied state and federal power to preserve the most liberties for the most white landowning men, but more importantly, the document provided an anchor (the rights) and a structure. The many compromises allowed the structure to stand.
- Times magazine writer Noah Feldman takes a novel stand in light of the new Iraqui (U after Q!) constitution. A constitution creates a building in an battle field, so that the nature of the government can be determined peaceably within its form, thus with the (tacit?) consent of the people. Function follows form.

This is a modern concept. This is constitutional genetic modification, where nurture creates nature. And as Feldman illustrates, it's not exclusive to the Iraqis.
- The recent pending amendment on flag burning changes the basic purpose of the constitution - facilitating laws to protect rights - and modifies its DNA to include patriotism.
(A crazy-ass gay marriage amendment is a different story. By infringing directly on a state's right, it is changing the frame itself)
- The frame is solid, if somewhat pliant, but beneath it, there is only
Light.


Take that, Gary Trooodeau