The U.S. Constitution is not a sacred text and should be changed and updated over time #america

CMV: The U.S. Constitution is not a sacred text and should be changed and updated over time
The amendment process is designed to be slow and for consensus building. It's a feature not a bug.
Lol you’ll never have the support to amend the 2nd amendment. Most states are pro gun.
You want to pass a constitutional amendment because it's been a while since the last time one was passed?
A constitutional amendment shouldn't be put forth because it's been a while since the last one. It should be put forth because the people believe it should be enshrined and difficult to repeal compared to laws (and in the case of rights, would override restrictions in place).
That's why there is the Constitutional convention. What you are complaining about is that the ideals that you support are not popular enough to Call a Constitutional convention for and you want to change the rules. The rules were put in place to Stop people like you.
It was changed 27 times so your post really has no point. The “public” thinks so many things. one is that you dont know what your talking about. But hey maybe if the “public” want it changed they will lobby to get it changed just like the other 27 times.
How would you propose we amend going forward?PS You’d need an amendment for that, so let’s ignore the Catch-22 for now.
Well, it makes sense for changes to happen less and less frequently, as the major fixes tends to be done early.That said, changes should certainly be possible, but each change (hopefully) makes the constitution better, meaning that there is less left to change.
You don't need an Amendment to limit access to guns. States like NJ and CA have passed laws that make it difficult to get and operate. There are lots of background checks, it can be expensive and the process takes around a month. Other states could pass similar laws if they had the will. There simply isn't a compelling reason to amend the constitution right now.
No. Shall not be infringed.
Just because we can change something, that doesn't mean that we should. Nobody ever really argues that we are unable to change the constitution at all, merely that the changes being proposed are not good ones that we should be making.
No, not now, not ever.
You say that like there's not a procedure for changing it now. The reason it's not been changed is simply because no change can get enough support to happen.
I can’t change your view when you don’t even have a view to be refuted. Constitution… should be changed and updated over time Constitution has been changed and updated (amended) 27 timesYou don’t propose an amendment. You don’t advocate for some panacea, you’re just saying things should be some way and then clarifying that they are actually that way.
It should be and can be and has been. That's what amendments are for. It was specifically designed for that.It's a slow process and you can argue that it should be easier.... But your suggestion that it can't be changed is incorrect.
If your argument is that a document should be amendable, and in its history it's been amended 27 times, doesn't that negate your opinion? You're literally describing the nature of the document.
Just to clarify the Bill of Rights was changing it once, adding 10 points. Not 10 separate changes. It has been changed 18 times.
Id Say free speech is more dangerous than guns. We should minimize that first. You shouldn't be able to say setting as radical as what you just said any have zero consequences.
It’s almost like a bunch of slave owners didn’t create the best document ever
That's what they call amendments
the principals of freedom and anti-tyranny within it are sounds and should be protected. but I agree that some ammendments may now be outdated. any changes should protect freedom and citizens from government overreach
We won’t like the “updates”. Some Republicans have already suggested removing the right of women to vote, for instance. Making the Constitution easier to change will just be one more path for one group to impoverish another.