I am not suggesting that our Constitution is inflexible, indeed flexibility is one of the reasons our system of government has lasted so long.
You misunderstand my post. By "fundament" I mean to say that it is foundational--a basis of our democracy. I know both words fundament and fundamentalist start the same but they do not mean the same thing.
Inflexible does not mean optional. And the reason we must adhere to the laws we have in place is for the very reason you site: "truth is slippery." You say that is why we lack any one person or small group who can determine truth and apply those rules: EXACTLY. Rather than depend on the politician de jour, we depend on our system of laws--the "foundation" of which is our Constitution.
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