Exploring the Resilience of the US Constitution

Though the United States Constitution is the oldest active constitution in the world, it was never meant to be perfect nor was it predicted to last this long. It’s been well over two hundred years since it came into action and it has only been amended seventeen times for a total of twenty seven amendments. The US Constitution is what many Americans see as the pillars that keep the country strong while others see those same pillars but cracked and crumbling. When we talk about key features of the constitution, we are really talking about the features of the government that sets it up.
One of the most important features is the separation of powers where three branches were created to balance each other so no one has more power than the other,

Over two hundred years and all these purposes have not changed and have been enforced to the fullest extent. These men literally thought of everything to make sure this document was protected from any sort of corruption. The Articles of Confederation obviously were not to the expectations of the union at the time since certain states did whatever they wanted without punishment. The Articles gave the powers to the states so people to whom it would matter would take advantage over it, so it was replaced with the constitution. The Bill of Rights was lacking when it was time to ratify the constitution, so that lead to Edmund Randolph. George Mason of Virginia, and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts refusing to

Bill of Rights. People are allowed to speak their minds, worship their entities, and have the ultimate decision on what is right and wrong, the bill of rights is technically a way of living. This ensures our safety from many actions such as quartering of troops to right to bear arms and rights to a speedy trial, but due to changes in the world, people have misinterpreted terms in the bill and tried changing the meaning of some amendments. Did you know the word god, democracy, and privacy were never mentioned the