The United States Constitution has been in place for two hundred twenty-eight years. The basis of our society’s laws has revolved around our Constitution, and is used to give equal rights to all United States citizens. The question I am imposing is; is the Constitutional Government too outdated to take care of our large and ever-growing society? People are always debating about how to carry out the laws enforced by the Constitution and still keep our society intact. Many things in the Constitution are already not completely abided by because we are fitting the needs of our large population, just not as well as we could be. The government’s process may be handled as in the Constitution, but the rights stated in it are not followed; so do we really live under ”Constitutional Government”? Having a democracy means that not everyone is going to get what they want, but do the
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The amendment states that nothing can deprive one from the right to, “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This Amendment was put into place in 1868 after the Civil War took place in hopes of giving African American’s equality. I gaze at the past and realize that this hasn’t been the case almost ever. Our society has tried to make all things equal for everyone, and still no one is on the same page about anything. We have slowly become more and more content with different ethnicities, but often times we still look at other races and still discriminate. We need this law to make our community equal still today because we have still not accepted everyone for who they are. Even the government goes against our rights and tracks our cell phone and Internet history to try to keep us safe from terrorism. This isn’t a bad idea, but it does go against our personal freedoms, and many times it targets certain
The amendment states that nothing can deprive one from the right to, “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This Amendment was put into place in 1868 after the Civil War took place in hopes of giving African American’s equality. I gaze at the past and realize that this hasn’t been the case almost ever. Our society has tried to make all things equal for everyone, and still no one is on the same page about anything. We have slowly become more and more content with different ethnicities, but often times we still look at other races and still discriminate. We need this law to make our community equal still today because we have still not accepted everyone for who they are. Even the government goes against our rights and tracks our cell phone and Internet history to try to keep us safe from terrorism. This isn’t a bad idea, but it does go against our personal freedoms, and many times it targets certain