SamuelRSmith said:
Kasz216 said:
SamuelRSmith said:
Why dod Americans give such a shit about the constitution? A document written around 200 years ago by some old guys in funny wigs? And, hell, it's not all that forward looking... if it was, there would be no need for amendments.
At the end of the day, all people, and all leaders should just say "bollucks" to any constitution and just do what's right for the people at the time.
Oh, and a free market doesn't mean a free people, in fact, it can often result in the opposite, especially when we start talking worldwide. |
Because the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land that protect our basic rights.
No law is allowed to infringe on the constitution... and therefore to change, modify or take away what are seen as are most precious rights you need to go through an longer process and get more support then a normal law would.
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But if you change the constitution, you can make all kinds of crazy laws. The idea of having a written constitution which laws cannot infringe is basically ridiculous when you're allowed to change the constitution.
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That's why it's very hard to change the constitution.
So it can be updated with the times... but hard to change... though it's gotten a lot easier to change with the advent of political parties... and their only being two.
When you look at it from the point of view of a document where 13+ I different groups with their own agendas have to change it. (how it used to be...)
Then you can see that the important stuff wouldn't of been change. As such it takes people with principle to be extra vigilant about stuff and protect people they even disagree with.
It's why people like the ACLU protect racists.
