2007-02-05 05:59:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No. It's flexible enough to allow for us to do what we need to, if interpreted correctly.
We made it through a civil war and two world wars, so I'd say we're doing pretty well.
2007-02-05 06:04:33 · answer #1 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All in all there are many sides to this question. If you believe in the document and in the Republic then no, the constitution is the final word. It can be interpreted loosly or strictly, but it is stil the final word. However, human beings are human beings, and the Constitution is just a piece of paper, if you don't believe in it and you don't support it, then you are undermining it.
2007-02-05 06:12:55 · answer #2 · answered by PDK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is the backbone of this country, not Bush, not the Bible, not the Democrats, not the Republicans, and not the 10 Commandments, the Constitution is. If the Constitution is undermined in any way, then the US has ceased to be.
2007-02-05 06:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by ck4829 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely never! If people don't like a part of the constitution, there are proceedures in place to change it. This has been its major strength.
No one should be able to undermine the constitutution: politician, military, or citizen.
2007-02-05 06:04:36 · answer #4 · answered by Firestorm 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No - the Constitution, as interpreted by the Supreme Court is the final word.
It is the foundation of everything in this nation.
2007-02-05 06:03:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Never! Not even by executive order!
Actually Jasonsluck's answer above is wrong. "we're not a democracy, we're a republic" is a slick comment that isn't true. In Actuality, we are not a just republic but we are a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. There's a very, very big difference.
2007-02-05 06:06:31 · answer #6 · answered by mel m 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I will quote a very intelligent man who was there when our country first began....
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserves neither liberty nor safety...."! Ben Franklin
Sounds better even now!
2007-02-05 06:14:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No.
It should be nibbled away, piece by piece as the Republicans have been trying to do for 100 years.
2007-02-05 06:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by bettysdad 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
NO, NEVER!!! It, NOT the government, is that to which Americans owe allegiance.
2007-02-05 10:11:03 · answer #9 · answered by rhino9joe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure liberals do it all the time.
2007-02-05 08:02:40 · answer #10 · answered by politicsforthefuture 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋