Interesting conversation overheard with a co-worker

[Wilson380AR]

He said the US Constitution was only designed to last ten years. If the founding fathers returned today they would say we are crazy to hold on to it.

I was not even going to but my way into that one.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

He said the US Constitution was only designed to last ten years. If the founding fathers returned today they would say we are crazy to hold on to it.

I was not even going to but my way into that one.

He's absolutely right. I've heard it on good authority that it's clearly printed on the back of the original document that there was a 10-year expiration date.

 

[actaeon277]

Ask him for documentation.

 

[No2rdame]

Just remember, you can't fix stupid.

 

[spec4]

Rule number one: Once you identify a person as a liberal, avoid them.

 

[HoughMade]

If the founding fathers were alive today, they'd have other things to worry about:

[video=youtube;iclljvDoxFs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iclljvDoxFs[/video]

 

[BogWalker]

I'm sure he didn't think of this himself. That means there are others that believe this, and they all vote.

 

[Libertarian01]

To All,

In a minor way he is correct.

The founding fathers were extremely humble and knew that they couldn't create a government that didn't grow, shrink and adapt as needed.

This is why they threw in the IXth Amendment, to allow for rights they could not list individually.

Also, they created a framework for changing the Constitution. They made it difficult enough so that it wouldn't be done on a whim but not so difficult that it would be nigh impossible.

It was this ability for the Constitution to grow and contract that did allow it to incorporate the Bill of Rights just four (4) years after its creation! So the Constitution, as originally written, DID change four (4) years later. They knew when it was written that the Bill of Rights was a promised addition to the original score, to appease the anti-biggovernment crowd.

However, it isn't the words of the Constitution that we should hold dear. Rather, it is the values, principles and moral compass that it encompasses that is of eternal reverence.

Regards,

Doug

 

[Kutnupe14]

Your friend is probably referencing (very badly, I might add), the Thomas Jefferson belief (relayed to James Madison) that the Constitution, and laws in general, should be re-written every 19 years, stating:

Every constitution, then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of nineteen years. If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force, and not of right.

Popular Basis of Political Authority: Thomas Jefferson to James Madison


While Jefferson makes a convincing argument, nothing of the sort was ever put into law.