Is the swingman retiring?

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(03-12-2018, 11:33 AM)michaelsean Wrote: No it doesn't.  If amendments are original intent, then they can't go against original intent.  It's impossible.  Original intent says here is what we have come up with, but you can change any of it at any time through the amendment process.  

And can you list the levels?  I hear that phrase a lot but can never come up with all these levels.

How is an amendment original intent if it amended the original intent to something different (see amendments revoking other amendments after the fact)? That is the first level, the semantics side of it. The next level is simply the logical test of contradiction. By this belief we could amend the constitution to exactly the opposite of everything originally written and you would say that this was the original intent. If we created an amendment that ended amendments would that still be original intent? You are basically saying the original intent was strictly structure (making amendments) over content (what was in the original amendments), I have a hard time fathoming this was the intent of anyone.