Appeal to authority, forefathers logical fallacy?

[ArturiusX]

Does the nation of America have to constantly and consistantly debate the intentions and definitions provided by the "founding fathers" to decide its current course and future prospects? Is it not a logical fallacy to argue the long-dead points of long-dead peoples that have no modern context? Are we indeed bound to the continuous recycling of interpreting old words and connotations, or can we actually reinvent new meanings for these old decrees?

Seeds: This applies to digital search and seizure, high crimes and misdemeanors, rights to congregate, and so on.