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Originally Posted by PKFFW
All law is related to the Constitution so that is beside the point.
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Some laws relate more to the Constitution than others. Many people in my country now believe that the lawmakers are pandering to special interest and are actively circumventing the will of the people in many respects.
And since in my country the Constitution and its Amendments most directly reflects the will of the people, being that it was ratified by the people and by the states, then that is why I have turned to this document. Regardless, of its age, I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that it the most perfect written representation of the will of the people. I cannot, unfortunately, say the same for today's lawmakers and the laws they have produced.
In the case of the Copyright Act of 1790, as you seem to have ignored, I already mentioned the fact that it was drafted by some of the same men who wrote the Constitution. Now, I know this is a stretch, but if I needed to further qualify what the founders meant by "Useful Arts" in the Copyright Clause of the Constitution, then wouldn't it be beneficial to look at that clause put into practice by the same people who wrote it?? And this just a few years after the Constitution itself was written??
So no, it is not besides the point, it is the point, and you apparently keep missing it.
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And your credentials as an expert on the meaning of the Constitution and its commanality with law created 200 years ago consists of what?
Some of the greatest minds in your country argue over what is meant by sections of your constitution. On what basis should we accept your opinion as being the correct one?
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My credentials
How about this, you show me yours, and I'll show you mine?
Credentials is what got us into this mess in the first place. Its time we, as Citizens, as Individuals, took a step back and took a long hard look at the core underlying principles of our Constitution, sans the many layers of obfuscation foisted onto it over the years by the "greatest" minds of my country. On what basis, should you accept this? That's up to you.
Mine always has been: Seek the Truth.