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Wow, parallel view with a great intellectual divide from there.Cannonpointer » 9 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ I view it more from the perspective of the express powers it grants, rather than how it represents each ancestor alive.
I've studied it a bit over the years, and I never really noticed that the Founders were interested in that Document representing each ancestor alive. Or representing ANYONE - living or dead, ancestral or modern. The Document's intent, and the intent of the founding generation, was to define and grant limited powers to offices of government.
The people in the offices created, defined, and limited by the Constitution were the ones expected to represent each ancestor alive now. The Constitution itself, no - not its job.