When can a constitutional amendment to the Constitution change the meaning of the words "state" or "state"?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Woodley, 726 F.2d 1328 (9th Cir. 1984):
when the Constitution ... gives strict definition of power or specific limitations upon it we cannot extend the definition or remove the translation. Precisely because "it is a constitution we are expounding," M'Culloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316, 407 [4 L.Ed. 579], we ought not to take liberties with it.
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