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Originally Posted by joshgirls
the constitution was full of mistakes. there is nothing sacrosanct about it. & as for strict constructionism, the country cannot rule forever based on 18th century laws. Time brings out issues like abortion & machine guns, & one cannot state intellectually that the government has no role on these matters because they did not exist when grown men wore white wigs.
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Why would anyone expect that there would be no mistakes and no changes over 200+ years? Even our founding fathers wrote in provisions for amending it.
What is amazing is not the few things that have been problematic.
What is absolutely astounding is the incredible number of things they got right, things that still serve our national interest after 10 generations.