Conservative Argument Definition
conservative argument is that the Constitution should be interpreted according to original intent.'72 The argument is that the drafters of the Amendment had no intent to grant citizenship to illegal aliens because they never could have conceived of the present immigration situation, where the United Stated is a rich country sharing with a long border with a poor one,
Mexico. Conservatives argue that we must follow original intent because that is the only way to apply what the Constitution actually means; if the drafters had no intent, then we may erase the text and start over, doing the right (no pun intended) thing.
The Constitution, unfortunately, gives us no guidelines as to how to deal with unanticipated social changes. Still, the Supreme