Is The Constitution Still Relevant Today

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention, what must exist, ultimately will. However, thinking such as this prompts the question of what we do and do not need. Our government in America, though relatively young, holds prestige in that its strength comes from a sound and adaptable Constitution that has remained relevant throughout its two and a quarter-century lifespan. The foundation of our political system is sturdy, the founding fathers were meticulous in their conversations in Philadelphia in the year 1787. They covered nearly every possible scenario; allocated power effectively and provided a system of checks and balances on said power. What is not written into the Constitution, what was a product of later thinking and manifested against the will of many of the members of the Constitutional Convention, is the modern political party system. …show more content…
He speculated that such factions might have the ability to gain enough power to obstruct the execution of laws created by Congress and to prevent the branches of government from functioning as they are designed to by the Constitution. Additionally, he expressed concern that as one party gained ultimate temporary control of the government, they would use it to undermine the powers of the other, forming a vicious cycle of revenge. One could consider these warnings from our first president as astonishingly prophetic, almost paralleling the shortcomings of the modern party system in our nation’s politics. It doesn’t take much searching to find evidence of government shut-downs and policies aimed specifically at subverting opposing parties in the recent history of American