[A CA Guy]

So you are saying you would rather there had been 3000 amendments to the Constitution rather than the Legislature and Bench interpreting the same law different for each generation.
That is a valid point. But the Government would remain the same predatory animal if you went with your purists view, for there would be all the amendments needed to do what is done by the Government today.
I think the form would be different, but the outcome would remain the same.