Scott Garrett: “When we looked at those expressions, we remember the words of talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, who often does say the…”

“When we looked at those expressions, we remember the words of talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, who often does say the expression "words mean something." He is usually expressing it about one of his callers who has just called in and talked about a particular topic or what have you, and he will take a little slight angle on it and say, well, those words mean something that are being said there. So too it is with our Constitution, the fundamental document, the Founding Father document of this Nation. It is unique in a sense and it was recognized at that time. Back in 1803, Thomas Jefferson stated, "Our peculiar security in this Nation is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction." How prescient Jefferson was to see how future generations of this country possibly would and have and courts have as well taken that document; taken its plain meaning, and manipulated it to whatever the understanding of those words currently mean, as opposed to getting an understanding of what the founding document writers intended at the time.”