Constitution As A Living Document Essay

A living document is a document that can be changed and updated if needed . The Constitution is a living document and can be changed through amendments, but it takes time to be processed and approved. ( Living Document, 2017) The actual intent of the Constitution is to be “ drafted and ratified”.( Original Intent, 2017) However, currently the Constitution is being used based off its original intent. Actually, enforcing the Constitution as a living document would be beneficial to the people politically, economically, socially . While the Constitution is a living document, it is expressed as if it is being used for its original intent due to the lack of changes made since it was created. Politically the original Constitution did not discuss much on the political parties. The Constitution talks more about the Federalist and Antifederalist, when currently the biggest political parties are: Democratic and Republicans. Meanwhile, we currently base our laws and day to day actions on political parties and perspectives so the Constitution should reflect that . The Constitution should be something that changes as time changes and that's not what's being enforce. Taking that time has changed, the overall political outlook has changed and the Constitution has not been updated to reflect those …show more content…
(Worth, 2015) The Constitutions discusses how congress basically has the power to negotiate commerce between foreign nations and within the country itself. ( Constitution Economy, 2017) The Constitution has given congress too much power because the amount of taxes being taken from citizens aren't used properly. Congress is basing its outlook of money from the original outlook on the constitution and not the current situations our country is in. Since the Constitution has not changed we are in debt and will continue to be in more debt and taxes will