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This 4-page paper examines the question as to whether the U.S. Constitution is in need of reform. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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a document that outlined the laws, rules and objectives of a efficient, self-run democracy. Based on other similar documents (such as the Magna Carta), the U.S. Constitution was to provide
certain inalienable rights to individuals, while granting government the power to ensure those rights were maintained. But it can also be argued
that the Constitution is a document that is way past its time. It was passed and agreed upon during the late 1700s during a time in which America was fighting
hard for its freedom from an oppressor. Given that scenario, some of the information allowed by the Constitution could be considered outdated (though there are scholars who might argue that
this is what "amendments" are for; to update that outdated information). On the other side of the coin, however, are those
who point out that the Constitution is a so-called "living document," that because it was vaguely written on purpose, it can adapt and adjust to the times, depending on what
the times demand. But the question remains -- in this day and age, does the U.S. Constitution need reform? Hamburger (1993), who
writes for the Yale Law Journal, provides a very compelling argument in the case of reform. His contention was that the Constitution Framers, in creating their document, used as a
main resource a huge body of "natural law" and "natural rights" to formulate constitutional rights (Hamburger, 1993). Hamburger makes the argument, however, that the definitions of "natural rights" and "natural
laws" were different at the time and werent much like anything we experience today (Hamburger, 1993). Natural rights and natural law at the time, he contended, were more precisely refined
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