upnorth2505
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The Constitution is, in my opinion, one of the greatest documents ever written. The Constitution is many things: It is the basis of our structure of government; a document which, with the bill of rights, lays out specific rights and freedoms for individuals and states; and a document that very clearly delineates the rights of individual states.
The Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and common law form the collective body of laws in the United Sates. It is my belief that the signers of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, never thought that these documents would be able to cover every aspect of law. That is why, in my opinion, the constitution can be somewhat vague at times. In addition, it is open to question to what degree the writers of the Constitution ever thought about evolving society, developing technology, and other factors which may have, or may not have, influenced the writing of a document that is monumental to the basis of law in our society.
So, the question becomes, how are issues of law (essentially new issues of law), settled in our Modern Society? What do we do when a modern issue of law has no corresponding relation to the Constitution with its Bill of Rights, or common law? How do we settle the issue, and how is and how should be new law be created? This, I believe, is an extremely complex issue with no definitive answer.
I have no concrete answers, how should this work?
The Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and common law form the collective body of laws in the United Sates. It is my belief that the signers of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, never thought that these documents would be able to cover every aspect of law. That is why, in my opinion, the constitution can be somewhat vague at times. In addition, it is open to question to what degree the writers of the Constitution ever thought about evolving society, developing technology, and other factors which may have, or may not have, influenced the writing of a document that is monumental to the basis of law in our society.
So, the question becomes, how are issues of law (essentially new issues of law), settled in our Modern Society? What do we do when a modern issue of law has no corresponding relation to the Constitution with its Bill of Rights, or common law? How do we settle the issue, and how is and how should be new law be created? This, I believe, is an extremely complex issue with no definitive answer.
I have no concrete answers, how should this work?