Is the Constitution a Problem or a Solution

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Many learned people today hold view that the constitution of the United States of America is particularly old and that it needs a serious revision. However, as Barack Obama wrote, "Conservative or liberal, we are all constitutionalists," politicians today are less weary of the fact that constitution needs a change than of other debates such as abortion rights, gun rights, etc. They think that the "validity of the Constitution should not be a subject of debate.” The US still draws its regulations from its constitution-which is extremely old and outdated-and some people have already started asking questions as to whether our constitution is a problem or a solution. This is a very interesting topic for discussion because the constitution can be thought of as both. While the founding fathers wrote the Constitution assessing their times, it has-sort of-become irrelevant today as certainly times have changed. Although "horse-borne travel and leech-based medical treatment" have become irrelevant and useless, the constitution still stinks of the 18th century. Even Thomas Jefferson "believed that any constitution should expire after nineteen years." and that if it doesn't "it is an act of force and not of right." I totally agree with him because the dynamics of a society constantly changes and that everything needs to change with time. Sanford Levinson cites that there were initially many undemocratic practises which came after the signing of the constitution. Slavery was still present and that women were not allowed to vote. However, it is also important to note that the constitution in the first place allowed for the "potential to mount a critique of slavery" as believed by Frederick Douglass. Also it is because of the various rights enshrined in the constitution that that other rights were born. For example, the “all men are born equal” certainly helped in
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