Should Constitution Be Considered A Living Document

A constitution is a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. The United States Constitution was written on September 17th, 1787 by our founding fathers. The purpose of the Constitution was to form a more perfect union due to the Article of Confederation being unsatisfactory to the people. I believe that the Constitution should be considered a living document due to the facts that the rules and regulations were made over 200 years ago so guns are not what they used to be, and circumstances such as toleration and our needs as a nation changed After the Constitution was written and the right to bear arms was instituted in the second amendment1, guns were riffles not semiautomatic weapons. The weapons back in the 1780’s would take many different steps and a great amount of time to load, and …show more content…
There are more issues today that the Founding Fathers had no idea about over two hundred years ago. Some of these issues include abortion, the budget of the government, immigration and work benefits. One example of a work benefits policy that 200 years ago would not have affected people would be getting medical care after 9/11. This event in history had not happened yet, so there was no policy providing the first responders with insurance and health care. Also abortion, which did not exist 200 years ago, is a big problem today. Many people believe that abortions are against human rights, and that an unborn child should not be killed. Another major issue today is immigration. When America was first established, everyone was an immigrant because no one was a natural born citizen. Today there are many people from all over the world who are here illegally. There is no policy in the Constitution about illegal immigrants. With all of these things constantly changing, the Constitution must become modern to fit with the