Is it a historical documnet that is now out of date. It allows people to have guns if they want, it says all people are equal when everyone is clearly different, it can't protect journalist from revealing their sources. Maybe it is time for a new one?
2006-09-23 09:15:59 · 16 answers · asked by bobobob 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Don't assume this is my opinion. Just being provocative to get a good debate going
2006-09-23 09:26:53 · update #1
If it so good why has it been amended 27 times and there are 10000 possible changes that Congress rejected
2006-09-23 09:31:04 · update #2
To Ant C
Thank you for your cojent and coherent arguement.
2006-09-23 09:32:54 · update #3
The brilliance of the United States constitution is its malleability. It can be changed if necessary. Sure, they make changing it difficult so that Americans have to be pretty damned serious about changing it to want to jump through all those hoops. this system was set up because the framers of the Constitution realized that they were not perfect. They screwed up when it came to permitting slavery. They also screwed up by not enumerating a right to privacy in the document. All things considered, it is an amazing document that has served us well and will continue to do so, provided we stop being morons.
Who would you want to write your new constitution, all the religious nuts and brain dead zombies who will vote in large numbers for "American Idol" but not for the President of the United States?
2006-09-23 09:23:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Its still the governing principle behind the law of our land.I am very mindful of the First Amendment rights, and the 5th and 6th Amendments stand in the way of the Bush Administration running away with an abuse of power - and converting the US into a police state. Flawed as it may be, I don't think we would come up with anything any better.
2006-09-23 16:40:26 · answer #2 · answered by planksheer 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is a great reason to have guns, everybody should have equal rights and journalist, should be able to protect their sources. Maybe we should get people in office that know how to interpret the constitution. The constitution is what defines an American and to try to change it is un-American.
2006-09-23 16:23:41 · answer #3 · answered by Jose R 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If we were to try to write such a document today, it would be crippled by the politically correct lame-brainedness that prevails.
The US founding documents were inspired and have served us well.
Obviously, equality and justice are ideals to strive for. We are equal in that we're alive and
we will die.
2006-09-23 16:27:41 · answer #4 · answered by Susan M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has been used as a door mat for the last 40 years! Gun control, freedom of the press, fredom of speech, and so forth and so forth
2006-09-23 16:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it is based on eternal ideals and upholds freedom even though many presidents have tried to change it and hidden behind it.
2006-09-23 16:19:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Bush has disregarded the Constitution so many times, i think he would agree with you (not to mention international laws).
2006-09-23 16:28:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
the uk doesnt have one, we survive! (actually we do of sorts, it's always been verbal, and common sense but being part of the eu gave us the human rights, written, which gave more rights to criminals than the other way round), so figure that one out.
2006-09-23 16:25:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bad idea, what type of politician is going to rewrite it, there is know one that could be trusted.
2006-09-23 16:33:04 · answer #9 · answered by Zen 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It might as well, seems no one acts like it even exists, let alone actually follow it. After all, it is just "a goddamn piece of paper".
2006-09-23 16:19:42 · answer #10 · answered by Huey Freeman 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋