Is 230 years too long for American greatness?

Question

I have worked for companies both young and old and I have noticed that the policies and procedures of the older companies are more restrictive and decidedly cumbersome. I believe this is chiefly due to the fact that a company is forced to adopt new restrictions each time a problem is identified.
The longer a company is in business, the more problems they overcome in this manner. At some point, their procedures and policies become so numerous that few, if any employees know them all and begin acting and reacting to situations in the most neutral way possible to avoid a possible conflict with a policy that might be buried in there somewhere. A stronger or more decisive action that they would like to take is set aside due to a latent fear that company policy is more important than their individual achievements and contributions to the company and thus they would probably loose their position if they make the wrong move.

In Constitutional Law this is called a chilling effect. When a law causes people to forgo otherwise legal activities because a law could be misinterpreted to restrict that activity. It is perfectly legal for a company’s policies to have a chilling effect on a workers workplace activities, but the same is not true where government is concerned.
I see this same trend in the direction of our culture and our body of law. The civil courts have people scared to help people in crisis situation for fear of being sued by the victim. People gathering legally run from the cops for fear of getting arrested without cause.
Is it time to rewrite our constitution, or do you think we can salvage our nation?

Answer 1

You make an excellent point on company policies. Sometimes the right hand doesnt know what the left is doing either.

I think something has to be done about frivilous lawsuits. I think by empowering a judge to toss one as soon as he smells greed, he/she should be able to do so but such litigation shouldnt even make it to a courtroom.
At some point, SOMEONE has to do some spring cleaning in the archives of laws, find outdated ones and get them abolished.
Its really a shame when the crooks can get the upperhand in the courtroom these days. I know some guys who work as store detectives in a retail store, they have told me of many times when a shoplifter who was caught stealing actually filed lawsuits against the company they stole from, in one case, actually WON! Since that happened, the company they work for adopted a "hands off" policy. So basically the detectives have to ask the shoplifter to come inside so they can be sent to jail without laying a hand on them, no restraint, NOTHING. How many shoplifters do you think actually go willfully? NONE!
I agree, something has to be done.

Answer 2

You are very correct in this aspect. Here is a list of a few things that I think we need to change
1. We need to begin regulating imigration the way it was being done back in the 1930s.
2. Cut off all the freebees to the illegals.
3. Reenstate the Death Penilty.
4. Put God's teachings back in schools. (put the fear of God in the rising generations.)

Hope you find this interesting.

Answer 3

Everyone needs to get a backbone and speak whats right. In any given situation. This politically correct garbage has gotten so out of hand. We need to specify on some serious issues and maybe yes change some stuff.