STARE DECISIS: IS THE US CONSTITUTION "WRITTEN IN STONE" OR "A LIVING DOCUMENT"

The answer depends on a few factors; chiefly it depends on what issue is before trhe court, and whether you ask the question of a leftist or a conservative.

Leftist - like Schumer and Leahy - selectively apply the term, albeit with some consistency: The US Constitution is "a living document" when the issue before it is whether a conservative principle should be UPHELD; in these cases they argue we must OVERTURN the past, AND BE PROGRESSIVE.

When the issue is before the Court is whether a LEFTIST decision should be overturned, then the answer is "NO; IT IS WRITTEN IN STONE."

This is another example proving how UNPRINCIPLED the Left - the Democrats - have become. (others HERE; scroll down.)

The Left's current witch-hunt against Bush appointees is discussed HERE at THE AMERICAN THINKER; Clarice Feldman has links to more than a dozen decisions and opinions by Justice Breyer which shed light on this issue.