2007-10-23 03:18:27 · 6 answers · asked by Lizbiz333 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
i need to write a paper on it so i need points i can support
2007-10-23 03:26:00 · update #1
the pros are that the goverment carnt do whatever they want.
the cons that the goverment carnt do whatever they want.
2007-10-23 03:22:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I find it really difficult to look at that document in the terms of Pro and Con.
Its genius is that it was set up as a means of checks and balances, leaving no one branch of government holding more power than any other branch.
In reading and studying it, you will quickly see that it is full of contradictions, meaning nothing is absolute and everything is subject to interpretation.
Paying very close attention to the verbiage used, the framers struggled to maintain both the letter and the spirit of the law.
On the matter of interpretation, one needs look no further than the first amendment which states "Freedom OF Religion." The intent was simply to guaranty that the government would not give credence to any one specific religion over another. The English, have the protestant Church of England -- and at the time of the writing, all subjects were required to belong to and pay homage to that one church. Over the last 20 to 30 years, the letter and the spirit have been perverted to mean freedom FROM religion. Another would be the 8th Amendment which states that no judge is to set bail at an unreasonably high level. Oh? Then, what about all of those bails being set at $1 million? Even if you're only required to pay 10%, to me, that seems excessive -- I cannot afford it.
In the preamble alone, they avoided the use of the word "Freeom" but instead used the word "Liberty." Freedom was used by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence and related directly to the topic of money. Those who have it have a greater number of choices made available. While those who have none, are enslaved to their creditors. Liberty is not necessarily freedom. Madison, Jefferson and the boys all knew that they were REALLY going out on a limb and that they were not perfect. They wrote it to be open ended allowing for change as change is needed.
2007-10-23 10:46:54 · answer #2 · answered by Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pros are we as a people are protected from our government. Governments historically take advantage of the people as they become larger.
Cons, the federal government has changed the rules in the 70s allowing them to make laws based on what they feel is best for the nation. local control has been lost and we have little say anymore as to how this country is run. So the Con is that they ignore the constitution by making laws to go around it.
2007-10-23 10:25:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pro: A living and evolving witness of history.
Contra: No one in White House does know.
2007-10-23 10:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by fabhra 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I don't know the left has so shredded a once great document and appears they will use it for toilet paper or to roll joints or snort lines of cocaine off of it.
2007-10-23 10:23:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The Pros are that it's good for all of us. The cons are that the liberals keep dumping all over it, especially the 1st & 2nd Amendments
2007-10-23 10:21:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋