2007-04-17 08:00:09 · 29 answers · asked by tomtom 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
we update it regularly. next update should be something about getting rid of the 2nd amendment. yesterday was enough to show us all that much worse comes of legally purchased handguns than good.
2007-04-17 08:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋
In a way, we're not. Our Constitution was designed to be very flexible. It's been amended over two dozen times to reflect changes in society. Because the United States uses a common law/constitutional law hybrid for our legal system, our courts can also easily adapt to change. In fact, some would argue they adapt too easily. Even with the way the Constitution was written, the Executive Branch and the federal government both have far more power today than 200 years ago.
2007-04-17 08:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by Brady 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you are showing a vast ignorance about the nature of the constitution, the Bill of Rights.. and all amendments since then with this question.... with amendments.. the constitution is allowed to progress with the morality of the nation.. we are not locked in to how things were 200 years ago.
2007-04-17 08:08:20 · answer #3 · answered by pip 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because if we tried to write a new one, nobody would agree on anything so we'd end up going back to the old one. If we managed to all agree on a new constitution, it'd be so long and confusing that only lawyers would understand it.
I'm joking, but also half-serious. Look how often we pass new amendments, and they're only adding one rule at a time.
2007-04-17 08:05:28 · answer #4 · answered by Mad Tinkerer 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because no one has managed to write a better one. There have been amendments to the Consititution.
Now is your chance for change. You write one, get it approved by Congress, signed by the President, AND ratified by 2/3 of the state legislatures.
What part of the Constitution don't you like?
2007-04-17 08:05:36 · answer #5 · answered by namsaev 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
i don't recognize the position to even start up to tutor you in this!! enable's attempt putting those flintlocks of the time in attitude. contained in the late 1700's, because tradesmen contained in the recent international presented with them the most suitable technologies of the day, the rifled flintlock replaced into the most feared weapon on the earth. Minutemen ought to wisely shoot the enemy from one hundred yards or extra somewhat of the 40 to 60 yards the British smoothbore muskets ought to take care of. the well-beloved equivalent to that flintlock must be the completed vehicle .308 AR platform with a NightForce B.E.A.S.T. scope. In as we talk's weaponry it truly is what our Frontiersmen and Minutemen carried. playstation : a flintlock will be loaded and fired in about 15 seconds.
2016-12-04 04:59:51 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is the best thing to come along in 8000 years. At no time in human history has there ever been a better form of government with a better guiding document. EVER
2007-04-17 18:01:46 · answer #7 · answered by Bullfrog21 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our Constitution is based on principles, not specifics.
The laws we write on a daily basis move with the times. The Constitution ensures that those laws remain within our principles.
2007-04-17 08:07:12 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because it is a perfect document that changes with the times.
What was true then, is true now. As times and circumstances change, it can be amended. What a beautiful thing it is.
Now, if we could just get the idiot in the Oval Office to read and believe it, life would be good again.
2007-04-17 08:28:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it is the most perfect political document ever written. Most nations of the world which achieved independence after the US modeled their constitutions after that of the United States.
2007-04-17 08:03:46 · answer #10 · answered by Rick N 5 · 8⤊ 0⤋
It still works, and the amendments are not 200 years old, I think...
2007-04-17 08:05:05 · answer #11 · answered by Darth Vader 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋