[kjam22]

Our problems are deep and complex. A sudden change to what many consider to be the "constitutional intent" of the founders would be a budget shock of which we may not recover in these competitve times and requires a new look at a very impresive document that was created before the advent of world economies, mass communication and other technological advancements. I am not advocating scraping those documents. Simply, we need an understanding going forward appying the intent and principals in todays world.

Boy you said a mouthful here. I agree that we shouldn't scrap the documents, but certainly the "fear of ammending" them should be gone. Clearly they don't address all of the issuse in our complicated age. And they can't be expected to when one considers the time and era they were written in.

[joesbucks]

I honestly beleive there are some who want to return us to the stone age in many aspects. The world had changed since those great leaders wrote those words. We shouldn't abandon their intent, but we need to address todays realities.

[FlipWilson]

But that document is amended, de facto, everyday by some Judge. In effect, the dems are amending that document to require a supermajority for federal judges. Can and should the Constitution be amended? Yes on both counts. But, our founding fathers made it so that willy nilly amending the Constitution is not easily accomplished. Hence why the document itself provides for a DEMOCRATIC process by which it can be amended.