Does the US Constitution still work?
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- Created on: 11-06-14 12:44
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- Does the US Constitution Still Work?
- Yes
- Federalism has proved to be an excellent compromise between strong national government and state government diversity
- California took the lead for the rest of the nation to follow in terms of environmental legislation
- Massachusetts was the first state to allow same sex marriage
- Has proved very adaptable to the changes in American society
- Accommodate the emancipation of slaves 13th and 15th amendment
- Women 19th Amendment
- Marbury V Madison in 1803 started judicial review, different interpretations of the meaning without actually changing
- The amendment process has usually prevented ill-conceived amendments
- Rights and liberties of Americans have been protected
- War on Terror considered as a pretext to overriding fundamental rights but Boumediene V Bush (2008) and Hamdan V Rumsfeld (2006) show that even in exceptional times, it still protects rights
- SC power of judicial review has made the Constitution even more adaptable to change through 'interpretive amendment'
- Federalism has proved to be an excellent compromise between strong national government and state government diversity
- No
- Amendment process too difficult, making it near impossible to remove parts which are no longer applicable or add parts which a majority desires
- Judicial Review gives the SC too much power to 'amend' the meaning of the Constitution
- It's too negative, giving too much power to those who oppose change and causing gridlock
- Near shutdown of the federal government when the Republicans in the House disagreed with Obama over budget issues
- Some parts make no sense in today's society
- After many shootings, Columbine school massacre 1999 and Tucson shootings 2011, calls to restrict guns have been foundered on the 2nd Amendment
- What is the point in retaining electors who might just go rogue and change the result of an election? The Electoral College
- Set up in the 18th century when wise men chose the president
- Some parts don't work as the Framers would have envisaged
- War-making power
- Confirmation process of SC justices
- Yes
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