Connect with us

Constitution

Is our Constitution outdated?

Published

on

The Constitution, which sets forth the principle of rule of law, defines what is unconstitutional, and guarantees freedom of speech and other liberties of a Constitutional republic, and also describes the impeachment power. (How many know of the Jewish roots of this document?) Hypocrisy threatens Constitutional government. Could Israel use a constitution like this? More to the point: would a Convention of States save it, or destroy it? (Example: civil asset forfeiture violates the Constitution.) Quick fixes like Regulation Freedom Amendments weaken it. Furthermore: the Constitution provides for removing, and punishing, a judge who commits treason in his rulings. Furthermore, opponents who engage in lawfare against an elected President risk breaking the Constitution.

Those who call our Constitution outdated forget that the Constitution protects our freedom. If that’s outdated, so is freedom.

Constitution outdated – who says?

Barack H. Obama and his followers and fellow travelers are waging a subtle and even successful campaign against the US Constitution. An amazing number of “good” American citizens now think the Constitution is outdated. Since the Constitution was written over 200 years ago, they think, it is no longer relevant.

Constitution outdated – why that’s wrong

Maybe some people will buy that. But those who understand the document and what it stands for, will not. Our Constitution tells us how government works. (Or maybe, these days, we should say “how our government should work.”). The Declaration of Independence gives the “why” of our national existence. For you business people, our Constitution is our by-laws, and our Declaration of Independence is our Mission Statement. So: to understand our Constitution, start with our Declaration of Independence.

The Declaration says plainly that  the role of government is to secure our god-given rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is the core of our system of government. It is the foundational statement for our Constitution.

Our Constitution does not break this rule. It protects it. It limits the power of government and protects the rights of our citizens to live life as they see fit.

Advertisement

How James Madison protected our rights

[ezadsense midpost]

Most of our founders strongly believed that limiting government protected our rights. But Alexander Hamilton fought to spell out those rights in no uncertain terms. So shortly after the States first ratified the Constitution, Hamilton won his argument. James Madison then wrote and proposed the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution—the Bill of Rights.

Madison at first argued against Hamilton. He feared that if the Constitution spelled out our rights, maybe people would argue in the future that those were the only rights we had. (And in fact, they are saying that.) So, just to be sure to protect all our rights – including all not listed in the Bill or Rights – Madison wrote Amendment 9.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

[amazon_carousel widget_type=”ASINList” width=”500″ height=”250″ title=”” market_place=”US” shuffle_products=”True” show_border=”False” asin=”B00375LOEG, 0451947673, 0800733940, 0062073303, 1595230734, 1936218003, 0981559662, 1935071874, 1932172378″ /]

Constitution outdated – absolutely not

The framers of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights went through much deliberation and many arguments to write a document that limited government and protected the rights of our citizens.

Advertisement

Therefore, to answer the headline question, one must first answer another: Is freedom outdated? Are limited government and the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness outdated? If they are, that’s the only thing that can make our Constitution outdated. If they are as relevant today as they were over 200 years ago, then our Constitution is just as relevant.

Featured image: the Constitution of the United States. Credit: National Archives of the United States.

[ezadsense leadout]

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Website | + posts

RoseAnn Salanitri is a published author and Acquisition Editor for the New Jersey Family Policy Council. She is a community activist who has founded the Sussex County Tea Party in her home state and launched a recall movement against Senator Robert Menendez. RoseAnn is also the founder of Veritas Christian Academy, as well as co-founder of Creation Science Alive, and a national creation science speaker.

Advertisement
2 Comments
0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

2 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Virgil Bankes

Is the Constitution out dated–“ABSOLUTELY NOT”!

It`s just that it stand in the way obamass and his socialist friends who want to turn this country into a muslim country and without it obamass can do what ever he wants!

I can see it now King obamass. What ever this country stand for he is against. We have had it to good for to long when compared to the rest of the world.

luc59457

Don’t be fooled by the biased republican commenter Virgil “bankes”

Trending

2
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x