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In nine pages this paper evaluates the democratic form of government currently in place in the United States and recommends improvements with the Constitution, civil liberties, the electoral college, passage of bills into law, the roles of the President, and the Supreme Court among the topics of discussion. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.
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policy reflects citizens preferences" (p. 12). However, what contemporary Americans may not realize is that the Founding Fathers who wrote the U.S. Constitution were not particularly enamored of democracy
because "many of them doubted the ability of ordinary Americans to make judgments about what government should do" (Edwards, Wattenberg, & Lineberry, 2007, p. 12). Times have certainly changed,
but a U.S. government that is so strictly controlled by documents created in the eighteenth century does not always reflect these changes. Although the initial design of the American
government remains impressive, perhaps some redesigning is in order in terms of civil liberties, constitutional amendment additions, changes to the Electoral College, how bills are passed, the conception of bureaucracy,
and the terms of Supreme Court justices. The Constitution was and remains one of the most brilliant documents ever written, and has for the most part remained relevant and required
few changes. The Congress and the President have been extremely hesitant to add any amendments that might contradict the original intent of Americas Founding Fathers. However, passing an
Equal Rights Amendment would have ensured that the rights of all citizens regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and religion were protected in society and in the courts.
The failure to do so has allowed injustices and inequities that have persisted since the founding to continue. The civil liberties protecting individual rights are among those most valued
(and continue to be the ones most hotly debated). Of the civil liberties promised by the U.S. Constitution, the one of least contemporary value is undoubtedly the Third Amendment,
"No forced quartering of troops in homes during peacetime" (as cited in Edwards, Wattenberg, & Lineberry, 2007, p. 51). What would be the harm in replacing an outdated amendment
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