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"The whole point of a court is to interpret the Constitution with new facts and situations that arise."

You're describing the "living constitution"[1] view, which has not been the dominant position among Supreme Court justices for some time.

Now they're all "strict constructionists"[2], who think the opposite of what you describe: that the constitution should be interpreted just as it was written.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Constitution

[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_constructionism



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