Sentence:  Between these <WSD>alternatives</WSD> there is no middle ground. The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. (from 17th c.)