Is the Constitution is a national shame?

Question

Do you? why?

Answer 1

no.

it's the foundation of our nation.

what's being done to it, is the national disgrace.

Answer 2

For the most part, no. The Constitution represents a noble experiment in government constrained by the rule of law, coupled with a vigorous defense of a citizen's rights vis a vis the government (the Bill of Rights), a rejection of hereditary absolute rule, and a divided government system meant to assure accountability and responsiveness.

The Constitution's strengths are somewhat offset, though, by the infamous "three-fifths compromise", which declared that an African-American slave counted as only 60 percent of a human being for census purposes (although Native Americans did not count at all). Equally heinous was the declaration that an escaped slave living in free land would have to be returned to his master. That the Constitution enshrined principles of slavery was indeed deeply shameful, but these despicable passages were struck out in later amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th), just as the 19th Amendment ended the misogynist prohibitions against female suffrage.

To that extent, then, the shame is expunged from the Constitution, although those passages remind us that even the founders of the nation were deeply flawed, imperfect people.

Answer 3

Your question is a little confusing. Is the Constitution a national shame? Absolutely not, it's a national and world jewel of just government. The national shame lies with the politicians that have perverted it to the extent that they have and with the voters that keep voting them back in. Both sides of the aisle, but especially the libs trust that the government is the answer to all their problems and should take care of all their needs. They are selling themselves down the river every time they vote for some one that misappropriates government funds to give them some entitlement. What ever happened to self determination? Being responsible for making your own bed instead of having the government do it for you? Freedom? Read the constitution and study a little history about its development and the philosophy behind it so you can quit asking such asinine questions about the Constitution. Freedom isn't free and every time you get money from the government they STEAL it from somebody else in your name. Think about that.

Answer 4

The Constitution is an ideal -- a hope that the govt and the people can co-exist, that the govt can protect the rights of the people, and can do so without abusing its power.

We may be ashamed of some of the things done in the name of the Constitution -- but not the document itself.

Answer 5

i dont get it....