Constitution Vs Us Constitution Essay

I agree that the United States constitution is a less common model that we use today, although this may be true it is still the first written constitution and is part of our history. Adam Liptak brought out some interesting points, that in todays era the constitution is losing its prestige because a quarter century ago you could have found similarities between the constitution and other nation’s constitution but now everything does seem to be very different, it appears that is losing some but not all its appeal.
In addition, Liptak also pointed out that the turn of the century was the beginning of a decline popularity that other nations saw in the U.S. constitution. It is a fact that the constitution of other worlds democracies is less similar …show more content…
constitution is the worlds oldest, nonetheless as other nations develop constitutions, they haven’t always follow the American model. I disagree with Liptak when he stated that the “U.S. constitution waning influence may be part of a general decline in American power and prestige”. America is still the most powerful country in the world and it has been that way by following the basic principles of the constitution.
The United States is the most strengthen country in the world today and it has not lost credibility because the only place that the U.S. constitution matters is here in the United States.
Other nations routinely change their constitution on average every 19 years, though Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to James Maddison that every constitution naturally expires in 19 years, but it appears that only a limited number of changes can actually be made to the constitution in page 65 of chapter 2 in the book says that most efforts to amend the constitution have failed because they were attempting to use the constitution as an alternative to legislation. The constitution has endured for more than two centuries as the framework of the government, but the constitution has gone