"i am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the
progress of the human mind. as that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths
discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace
with the times. we might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to
remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."
-- thomas jefferson, 1810
which constitutional principle is jefferson illustrating in this letter?
that federal powers always supercede state powers
that the constitution is based on the concept of popular sovereignty
that the constitution is a living document that can change when the need
arises
that the constitution's separation of powers provides the most stable form
of government