You may heard the U.S constitution called “a living document” Though it may seem like a dry piece of paper to you, it really is designed to live and grow as the nation grows. Here is my perception of the “living document”.
The Constitution has held the United States government together for over 200 years with astoundingly few changes,there have been just 27 endorsed alterations to a limited extent since it is such a troublesome procedure. That is the general purpose, and that is the reason there haven't been any augmentations since 1992, a long time before the new thousand years. As far as rights are concerned for every American citizen, it is a guidebook for our society and as long as we have Supreme Court Justices that are willing to not be controlled by the far right, it protects majority aspects of our freedom and liberties. An important disadvantage is that the written rules are sufficiently vague in key clauses so that clever lawyers and judges can subvert the original meanings of the Framers. We have a model constitution that attempts to avoid most of this kind of misinterpretation. Another important disadvantage is that election systems are susceptible to undue influence by monied interest that invest more in influencing them, in a more focused way, than the unorganized …show more content…
I will enforce this, a couple months ago there was a athlete named Colin Kaepernick. He kneeled expressing his “freedom” by not singing the national anthem and eventually lost his job as a National Football Quarterback for the San Francisco. Does the Constitution only apply to certain group? I ask this question because if everything was as it seemed everybody would be happy and today's society “equal”.Majority of the rules and regulations of the United States Constitution are acceptable, I just don’t believe they are forced and applied to everyone the
The Constitution has held the United States government together for over 200 years with astoundingly few changes,there have been just 27 endorsed alterations to a limited extent since it is such a troublesome procedure. That is the general purpose, and that is the reason there haven't been any augmentations since 1992, a long time before the new thousand years. As far as rights are concerned for every American citizen, it is a guidebook for our society and as long as we have Supreme Court Justices that are willing to not be controlled by the far right, it protects majority aspects of our freedom and liberties. An important disadvantage is that the written rules are sufficiently vague in key clauses so that clever lawyers and judges can subvert the original meanings of the Framers. We have a model constitution that attempts to avoid most of this kind of misinterpretation. Another important disadvantage is that election systems are susceptible to undue influence by monied interest that invest more in influencing them, in a more focused way, than the unorganized …show more content…
I will enforce this, a couple months ago there was a athlete named Colin Kaepernick. He kneeled expressing his “freedom” by not singing the national anthem and eventually lost his job as a National Football Quarterback for the San Francisco. Does the Constitution only apply to certain group? I ask this question because if everything was as it seemed everybody would be happy and today's society “equal”.Majority of the rules and regulations of the United States Constitution are acceptable, I just don’t believe they are forced and applied to everyone the