Question by Chris: What are some advantages of having the same US constitution for over 200 years?
Might sound a little silly, but what are some of the pros and cons to having the same United States constitution that we still have today?
And why do you think the constitution has been able to last thing long?
Best answer:
Answer by Jamei
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sk8tstreet
November 18, 2011 at 10:21 pm
1. we can add/change amendments-pro
2.it proves that our government build is working well(i guess)-pro
think about other country’s have had the same government plan for 2000 years is it working for them?
rhyker
November 18, 2011 at 11:11 pm
The Pros are we are still here and we are still free.
The Cons are because of the Constitution and current administration we may not be free much longer.
Semper Fi
SakuraKitty
November 18, 2011 at 11:21 pm
I think an advantage would be that everyone in the country knows the Constitution, or will learn it in school. It’s also flexible, so things can be changed or added (the Amendments), so maybe that’s why it has lasted so long.
🙂
George S
November 18, 2011 at 11:28 pm
It was a good contract between federal government and the states, and it had a codicil to guarantee individual rights.
Shawn
November 18, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Chris, have you noticed that the earth never changes? It continues it’s cycles over and over again.
The birds never change, the air we breath doesn’t change, the fish in the sea doesn’t change.
Only men change, and some things in men, never change, and thats where the constitution holds its true value when it represents what we are always suppose to have and never taken away.
Arielle C
November 19, 2011 at 12:22 am
It creates stability within the government and the people. We, as citizens can look to the Constitution and know, for the most part, what is legal and what is not and what the government can do and what it cannot. A written Constitution also establishes the Supreme Court’s ability to review a law and claim in unconstitutional, something that British judges and judges from other nations without a constitution cannot. Although that last part doesn’t really address the question I still feel that it is important to add.
A con of our 200 year old Constitution would be that it was obviously not written with today’s concerns in mind. But because of the document’s truly amazing ability to change and adapt, it has been able to survive this long and probably will for as long the nation exists.