The constitution in a changing world.?

Question

Ok, so I have to do a speech in my college public speaking class and I need help with the topic"The Constitution and the changing world" its a bold but bland topic and Im having so much trouble I just need some ideas to expand and to get me started.Website are amazing but I really want some personal opinons where I should go with this.

Thanks
-Katie

Answer 1

The world may change but the only way to change the Constitution is through the amendment process. This idea that the constitution is a living document that changes with society is a load of bull. If that were the case then the constitution could mean anything you want it to. The constitution should be interpreted based on the original intent of the writers. As the world changes we have added many good amendments over the years.

Answer 2

The Constitution is enduring in a changing world. All of the provisions of the Constitution remain the same. Change can only come by amendment or rewriting the Constitution in a constitutional convention.
In some rare cases, the Supreme Court has rewritten the Constitution and they should not have done so: Roe v. Wade and Campaign Finance Reform are two examples.
Roe v. Wade is contrary to the "right to life" provision.
CFR goes against the free speech clause in the First Amendment.

Answer 3

Article V of the Constitution prescribes how an amendment can become a part of the Constitution. While there are two ways, only one has ever been used. All 27 Amendments have been ratified after two-thirds of the House and Senate approve of the proposal and send it to the states for a vote. Then, three-fourths of the states must affirm the proposed Amendment. The other method of passing an amendment requires a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the legislatures of the States. That Convention can propose as many amendments as it deems necessary. Those amendments must be approved by three-fourths of the states. Article V of the US Constitution The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

Answer 4

Look into evolving standards of decency... I don't think it's bland at all you have a lot to talk about! Try to exemplify the ways in which societies changing morals have affected our interpretation of the Constitution (examples include the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prisoner sterilization, executions of the mentally retarded and more recently gay and lesbian rights)

Answer 5

Just talk about the contents of the constitution and how they are applied today. Especially talk about exceptions to it, rules that have been created since after its inception that change how the constitution is applied.