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[–] Six_Cents ago 

The only flaw in The Constitution is the 17A, passed by Congress May 13, 1912, and ratified April 8, 1913, the 17th amendment modified Article I, section 3, of the Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. Senators. Prior to its passage, Senators were chosen by state legislatures. The 17A had the state's forfeit their power and caused the gridlock and much of the corruption we see in congress today.

Besides that, our constitution is the greatest document ever crafted by man. It has created the greatest country ever to exist in the history of the world. But since you feel otherwise, please enlighten us as to which country on the earth, past or present, is greater than the United States of America.

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[–] PyroDaMatchless ago 

I happen to agree completely with everything you say.

That doesn't change the fact that it has failed to protect us. It no longer functions properly (e.g. judicial activism, just one example).

Everything man does will eventually fail, including the U. S. Constitution.

What matters now is: who gets to replace it. I'm hoping for the side that understands how great the Original Constitution is/was, and therefor will improve on it. If not, then we are doomed.

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[–] Six_Cents ago  (edited ago)

Someone once said "Every time a person does something he has an eye towards something else." When the founders of our Constitution wrote and debated the meaning of that world changing document they were in the middle of a struggle against the most powerful military in the world and also against a tyrannical dictatorship enforced by that military. Our Founding Fathers' eyes were on crafting a document for all the world to recognize as a means toward a government "of the people, by the people and for the people". A document that, if they won the war, would secure the liberty and freedom of not on they and their countrymen but also every person in the world who adopted its tenets.

And if they lost the revolution, every single one of the signers of our founding documents would have been hanged for treason. Never forget that.

Man is flawed. Men wrote the Constitution. Therefore the Constitution is not a perfect document but one would be hard pressed to find another document, written by man that has freed and enriched the lives of more peoples. The only other document that I can think of is the Bible, but then again that book was inspired by God and delivered by the Holy Spirit, hence it is flawless.

The Constitution does not need changing, save for the 17A. Americans needs to read and understand their founding documents and hold their elected representatives accountable for not adhearing to it - That's what needs to change.