I want to formally start the essay with a quote from our 4th president of the United States James Madison “Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected.
No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions”. When I read this quote not too long ago it helped me to reflect on our society and helped me to put my thoughts together to write this essay. If one thinks about it for a second this phrase warns us how we are not going to be safe, specially not our privacy. If the state is in a position where they are able to dictate what we can or can not do in the safety of our houses, behind closed doors they might have an excessive amount of power already, and that should be a warning sign to all …show more content…
The reason I agree or think so is because the process of amending it trough congress seems to be really complicated and a new amendment might end up sitting in congress for years without anything happening with it (e.g. immigration reforms/law) whereas if the supreme court does a little tweak here and there and using a situation or a landmark case they might be able to get the job done rather quickly, and we could in theory get important things done or moving in this country depending on how you want to see …show more content…
a gender equality or some other known liberal thing. But I do see them protecting the second amendment against its own government or lowering the age at which one can buy a gun or something like that. Naturally we should also put safeguards in place to prevent the supreme court being leaned too to one side than to the other because they would ultimately stop representing a large part of the population. In other words it should be difficult to change and modify keeping in mind that maybe not all changes are with the people’s best interest in mind however there must be a “back-door” key if you will to do necessary changes, modification and create or dismantle laws that deliver the best result for everyone in this
No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions”. When I read this quote not too long ago it helped me to reflect on our society and helped me to put my thoughts together to write this essay. If one thinks about it for a second this phrase warns us how we are not going to be safe, specially not our privacy. If the state is in a position where they are able to dictate what we can or can not do in the safety of our houses, behind closed doors they might have an excessive amount of power already, and that should be a warning sign to all …show more content…
The reason I agree or think so is because the process of amending it trough congress seems to be really complicated and a new amendment might end up sitting in congress for years without anything happening with it (e.g. immigration reforms/law) whereas if the supreme court does a little tweak here and there and using a situation or a landmark case they might be able to get the job done rather quickly, and we could in theory get important things done or moving in this country depending on how you want to see …show more content…
a gender equality or some other known liberal thing. But I do see them protecting the second amendment against its own government or lowering the age at which one can buy a gun or something like that. Naturally we should also put safeguards in place to prevent the supreme court being leaned too to one side than to the other because they would ultimately stop representing a large part of the population. In other words it should be difficult to change and modify keeping in mind that maybe not all changes are with the people’s best interest in mind however there must be a “back-door” key if you will to do necessary changes, modification and create or dismantle laws that deliver the best result for everyone in this