The Contemporary Debate Over Constitutional Interpretation

The debate over the role of the judiciary in the government has been going on for a long time. Some say that the Supreme Court has overstepped the boundaries that it is to operate by, while others believe that much of the Constitution was written in such a way that it needs to be interpreted according to the situations that have arisen in today's society. These two opposing viewpoints are demonstrated by Robert Bork and …

…religion in schools should be a matter for the states to decide on--anyway, some districts in the south still have prayer in their schools (shows that these kind of rulings can not even be enforced). It has also been said that the Court's decision in the case of Bakke vs. Board of Regents was ambiguous and only solved the problem temporarily (showing again that the Court can not even hand down reasonable and justified decisions).