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homework help!! {American history}? - Bread - 04-15-2014 06:54 AM
Justify the Constitution and prove why it's still important in 2014.
- Think Tank - 04-15-2014 07:09 AM
first find the text of the constitution, then point out places in history where it has or hasn't worked, immediately the slave trade come to mind and did the constitution work in their favour, I can't think of anywhere where it did. Then see where it is being used to push bounderies, Michael Jackson was probably on the edge of the the constitution, he entertained people, is there anywhere where the ideas of life contradict the constitution or anywhere where you think it could be stronger.
- Josef H - 04-15-2014 07:14 AM
The U.S. Constitution is so influential that it is both the oldest existing constitution in the world and also the most frequently copied and used as a template for emerging nations (cf Albania in the 1990s and most recently South Sudan in 2012). It is brief enough to fit on one page - permitting comprehensive study by millions of students each year. Yet, it has been the basis of numerous landmark cases and therefore is a core course of study for all aspiring lawyers. One example of a landmark court case is Miranda v Arizona ["right to remain silent...right to an attorney"] based on the 5th and 6th amendments.
As various laws pile up and often contradict, our constitutional framework provides a cornerstone for which the greatness of our republic and its continued improvement are based. Freedoms of expression and privacy are hot button topics in 2014 with the continued ubiquity of social media and the rise of robotic drones patrolling our homeland skies.
Many of the most well-known phrases “free exercise [of religion],†“due process of law,†or “cruel and unusual punishments,†exist as fundamental commands without agreed upon understandings. These words have evolved, but to understand and debate their meanings, both conservative “originalists†and progressives who believe in a “living Constitution,†must begin with the text."
- Abu Hamza - 04-15-2014 07:31 AM
This is a rather bizarre question. It's kind of like asking us to "justify" eating or breathing, or to explain why science is "still important." It's rather obvious.