Poll: What is your view on the US Constitution?

[Accountable]

Which option fits your opinion best?

 

[banned]

Which option fits your opinion best?

I have to learn it first.....:24:

 

[Accountable]

You may be surprised. Nearly everything you want from a national government is unconstitutional.

 

[pjbleek]

thinking that eventhough we would be better off with a modern interpretation, the USA is so steeped in thinking the program aint broke, so why fix it, the founding fathers did not have any idea that a nation so young could be such a power house and have unweilding power..I am sure they would have called for a fix now and then...

 

[banned]

You may be surprised. Nearly everything you want from a national government is unconstitutional.

I am ready for the hoop jumping....:willy_nilly:

 

[Kyle B]

thinking that eventhough we would be better off with a modern interpretation, the USA is so steeped in thinking the program aint broke, so why fix it, the founding fathers did not have any idea that a nation so young could be such a power house and have unweilding power..I am sure they would have called for a fix now and then...

That's similar to how I view it. Follow the constitution as written, and change it when it needs to be changed. The whole fact that the constitution can be interpreted in many ways makes this much harder than it sounds.

 

[Panacea]

I find constitution worship, for lack of a better descriptor, strange. That is not to say I think it isn't useful, that I think it should be discarded, or even rewritten. I don't think a strict interpretation of a document written for a culturally different world makes sense as the ultimate law of a new one. That being said, I can see how rewriting or casting new interpretations of the constitution could dangerously change the course of the country.

Frankly I don't know. I think it's dangerous to make changes, but some are probably sorely needed. I'd err on the side of caution.

 

[Johnfromokc]

It needs to be clearly rewritten to prevent things like the Patriot Act and NDAA. Human rights trumps all other issues. And to strictly limit all the military expeditions to kill brown people for oligarchy profits.

 

[pjbleek]

It needs to be clearly rewritten to prevent things like the Patriot Act and NDAA. Human rights trumps all other issues. And to strictly limit all the military expeditions to kill brown people for oligarchy profits.

problem about the Patriot act is was written right after 9/11/01 and is still a bit confusing as to its interpretation as well as its constitutionality.

 

[MoonOwl]

problem about the Patriot act is was written right after 9/11/01 and is still a bit confusing as to its interpretation as well as its constitutionality.

No, no it wasn't. That was sitting on a shelf somewhere just waiting for the 'right' opportunity to dust it off and ram it through.

*Tho, that is a very common misconception.

 

[Accountable]

thinking that eventhough we would be better off with a modern interpretation, the USA is so steeped in thinking the program aint broke, so why fix it, the founding fathers did not have any idea that a nation so young could be such a power house and have unweilding power..I am sure they would have called for a fix now and then...

I forget which founding father (and I couldn't get Google to give it to me quickly) it was, but I seem to remember that one recommended rewriting a Constitution from scratch every 7 years or so.

 

[Accountable]

That's similar to how I view it. Follow the constitution as written, and change it when it needs to be changed. The whole fact that the constitution can be interpreted in many ways makes this much harder than it sounds.

Except for the rare coincidence, that hasn't happened in a century.

 

[Accountable]

I find constitution worship, for lack of a better descriptor, strange. That is not to say I think it isn't useful, that I think it should be discarded, or even rewritten. I don't think a strict interpretation of a document written for a culturally different world makes sense as the ultimate law of a new one. That being said, I can see how rewriting or casting new interpretations of the constitution could dangerously change the course of the country.

Frankly I don't know. I think it's dangerous to make changes, but some are probably sorely needed. I'd err on the side of caution.

Such as the new "interpretations" of 1913, the 1930s, and early this century? I agree.

 

[Accountable]

It needs to be clearly rewritten to prevent things like the Patriot Act and NDAA. Human rights trumps all other issues. And to strictly limit all the military expeditions to kill brown people for oligarchy profits.

I agree those programs need to be stopped, but writing "All men are created equal" and "ensure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity" still didn't stop chattel slavery. Perhaps we should write in mandatory punishments for violating constitutional restraints, or at least specify that doing so constitutes High Crimes & Misdemeanors.

 

[Accountable]

problem about the Patriot act is was written right after 9/11/01 and is still a bit confusing as to its interpretation as well as its constitutionality.

No, no it wasn't. That was sitting on a shelf somewhere just waiting for the 'right' opportunity to dust it off and ram it through.

*Tho, that is a very common misconception.

Plus the only confusion is in trying to figure out how it can be called constitutional.

 

[pjbleek]

I forget which founding father (and I couldn't get Google to give it to me quickly) it was, but I seem to remember that one recommended rewriting a Constitution from scratch every 7 years or so.

am thinking Jefferson/Madison/Adams

 

[Accountable]

Hey, Stone! Care to weigh in on this?

 

[Tuffdisc]

Strictly speaking as an outsider to American politics, I think there should be more parties involved. I know there is the Libertarians, but they don't get an edgeways in American politics i.e. no one votes for them, because the Republicans and Democrats have more chances of winning the race to govern the country the proverbial two horse race