The Constitution exists for a reason: it is the foundation of all law in the United States.

All opinions and criticisms of proposed legislation are measured from a constitutional initial point. The argument that the Constitution is "living and breathing" is a ridiculous assertion. It was properly criticized by George Washington in his Farewell Address, where he said:

"If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed."