If so, what changes would you recommend? If not, why not?
PLEASE HELP, I just need a few brief statements! Thanks in advance!
Update:Make the Amendment Process Simpler:
When the framers created the U.S. Constitution, the United States (and the world) was much different than it is today. Most residents were farmers. There were no railroads, much less automobiles, and no long-distance communications-not even the telegraph. Technology as we know it did not esist. The framers could not have imagined what issues the government would face in the twenty-first century. We need amendments to our Constitution that take account of all of the new situations facing us today, such as wiretapping, >Update 3:
...Alabama, for example, has adopted about eight hundred amendments to its states constitution. Many states use the amending process to create what are, in effect new and very specific statutes (laws). Is it really necessary for South Dakota's constitution to authorize a cordage twine plant at the state prison, for example? The U.S. Constitution, fortuantely, contains no such details. It leaves the right to the Congress the nuts-and-bolts activity of enacting specific statutory laws. The U.S. Constitution is admirably short. Let's keep it that way.
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Our constitution is unique. personal freedom is not the rule, it is the exception. Do you for one minute think that those clowns in Washington would make your life better given half a chance? They are more than willing to enslave you,they are doing a real good job as we speak.
The one constant the framers were more than aware of was human nature. Yes we have had technological advances, but people are people.The framers knew that folks would come along and try to put the masses in submission. As for me I don't need a nanny. I have more discipline than those who would seek to rule me, leave me be.
To amend the constitution one must first demonstrate that what you wish to add is truly a right - that is to say that the amendment applies to all legal US citizens unilateral, and does not discriminate on grounds of race, ethnicity, age, gender, or religious background.
Given this, can you think of a right that meets these criteria? I can think of only four - those found in the declaration of independence: life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the right to alter/abolish a government that doesn't work toward those goals.
Nope, there's a reason why the framers made it trickier to amend the constitution. Changes have to be thought out clearly and thoroughly.
No. Amending the US Constitution is serious and it should not be done on a whim. It was purposely made arduous for just this reason
I say we burn it and replace it with AR-15 vending machines on every street corner.