I never understood why Americans treat their Constitution like some holy book
I never understood why Americans treat their Constitution like some holy book
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The constitution is the foundation of the entire US legal system. Without it the whole thing collapses.
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Yes, but that doesn't mean it is infallible.
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I mean we wouldnt need governments and legal systems if anything was infallible.
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There is so much nuance to it, and it outlines a good system. However it is based on assumptions about the integrity, awareness, and independence of thought each citizen would have that have been systematically undermined.
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Even the best written laws are not immune to misinterpretation, seems to be a big problem.
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Hard to design against willfull and determined misinterpretations.
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True as that may be, the sanctity it is held to is immensely harmful, as it kills any chance of improvement and progress.
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It has barely anything in it. How exactly is it killing any chance of improvement and progress? The only really harmful thing I can think of in the constitution is the electoral college. I think most of the problems with it are just because of how much room it leaves for interpretation.
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Another big constitutional issue is the influence of money in Federal elections. It is a logical outgrowth of the first amendment, but causes a ton of problems. Citizens United was rightly decided, it's just that the outcome sucks.
I used to ask people:
If you could write a constitutional amendment of 15 words or less, what would it say?
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It seems more like just another thing the constitution overlooked, by being too vague.
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