Last week’s letter by Ms. Schweers is, unfortunately, a classic illustration of just how ill-informed citizens are about the Constitution and the governing principals embodied in it.

One could surmise that she is a product of our less than stellar contemporary high school education process.

She asserts that the Constitution is a “living, breathing document,” an often-heard mantra by those that either do not understand the Constitution or wish we had some other form of governance.

Yet, nowhere does she identify the form of “life.” Humans are “living, breathing” forms of life. Animals are “living, breathing” forms of life. Even plants are “living, breathing” forms of life. So, what exactly is it about the Constitution that makes it a “living, breathing” document? What is it exactly that gives it life?

Is it politicians, pandering to an advocacy group to raise money to get or stay elected that gives it life? Is it unelected federal judges deciding that changes are necessary to comport with what they want, that gives it life? Or is it bureaucrats, implementing ever-increasing strictures on our daily lives, that gives it life?

These are what we have today, and it gets worse by the day. Are these what make it a “living, breathing” document?

What is it, exactly, that makes the Constitution a “living, breathing” document?