what do you think are the main reasons why the constitution has worked so well for over 200 years?
2006-11-14 11:49:28 · 7 answers · asked by vicky 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
it's cause our politcal parties are derived from federalists and jeffersonian political parties (the politcal parties there were right over the american revolution). Those two parties were mainly strict constructionists for the most part taking in the constitution in more literal aspects, and since democratics and republicans and the other 3rd parties are branches off that tree, we still believe in following the constitution and consulting it to decide if an idea is right or not.
2006-11-14 11:53:07 · answer #1 · answered by Wiseguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a lot of the debates that implied constitutional amendments had been solved at state level and they never get to the supreme court. The ones that got to the supreme court had been decided depending on the filo political composition on the body. We all love to see independent judges exercising common sense but in many cases the decisions are political or even religious by nature. The good thing so far is that the system is supposed to work as a check and balance system so not the executive Branch overpower the legislative branch and viceversa. But what we've seen now is an unbalance in the composition of the supreme court that volcano still latent for us to watch even after the corrupt republicans abandon the white house.
2006-11-14 19:59:01 · answer #2 · answered by HerKomisar 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ideals of a democratic republic are majority rule, and minority rights. Ancient Athens tried it. Then Britain. It caught on. After America gained her independence, she tried a conferation. Then the delegates hammered out a constitution that was designed to work. James Madison had studied for decades about various theories of democracy, and he is credited for making the most contributions to the Constitution. It was designed to protect the individual from the government yet provide the Federal Government more power than it had with the confederation. It was a concerted effort by many which involved much careful thought, argument, and compromise. We had the benefit of 13 experiments with democracy immediately beforehand. The experience with Virginia is instructive. It had a unicameral legislature with no executive, the purest form of a democratic republic. It turned out to be quite despotic, trampling over the rights of minorities. It provided an example of what to avoid. The delegates of the Constitutional Congress wrote in many separations of powers, "checks and balances," to prevent the Federal Government from overstepping its bounds. At the same time, it provided itself with the flexibility to be amended.
2006-11-14 20:06:45 · answer #3 · answered by robertspraguejr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Democrats have not been in office very much since the inception of the Constitution.
2006-11-14 19:57:15 · answer #4 · answered by daydoom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't aware that it had in fact worked all that well.
It did the job, but hasn't quite kept pace with modern society.
2006-11-14 19:50:55 · answer #5 · answered by jonmorritt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they can make amendments.
2006-11-14 19:51:57 · answer #6 · answered by asdfjkl; 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no one tried to dismantle it........until now.
2006-11-14 19:53:05 · answer #7 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋