Ive always learned that the Constitution is too sacred to change, that it shouldnt be tinkered with. Isnt that valid?
The Constitution is sacred. That’s exactly why on occasion it needs to be amended to protect sacred rights that have just been taken away. To ignore the loss of sacred Constitutional rights does not show reverence but apathy, if not disregard. Reverencing the Constitution and changing it are thus really two very different issues. The Constitution has been changed hundreds of times already. On 27 of these occasions, the change has occurred through the democratic process of proposing an amendment, with the states then ratifying it. These are the 27 Amendments to the Constitution. All the other changes to the Constitution have not been subjected to the democratic process, but have been by judicial mandate of the U. S. Supreme Court. Many who oppose changes to the Constitution surprisingly seem to only oppose changes through the democratic process, but are quite accepting of the undemocratic judicial changes occurring all the time. Opposing democratic changes to the Constitution by the peo
