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https://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/gov/constexport.pdf
There have been many objections and calls to change elements of our government and its procedures such as the electoral college and calls to Congress to provide legislation in the wake of the overturning of Roe. The Constitution, as a model for government and the recognition of the Founders, that it could never be perfect, includes provisions for modification and addition.
Some governments suffer through violent revolution when historic governmental changes are needed. The US Constitution incorporates a means to avoid such upheaval. IMO, if you want to found a government, writing a constitution is the way to go.
The U.S. Constitution America’s Most Important Export
Since that seventeenth day of September 1787, a one-document constitution has been deemed an essential characteristic of nationhood. Today, of the 192 independent nations of the world, all but a very few have such a constitution or are committed to having one. Among the exceptions are the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Israel—democratic nations with sophisticated constitutional jurisprudence but no one specific document that can be called a constitution. Committed to the principle of parliamentary supremacy, the constitutions of these nations consist of numerous legislative enactments specifically designated as ‘basic laws’ (in the case of Israel) or legal scholarship that has been classified as fundamental or organic.
Since that seventeenth day of September 1787, a one-document constitution has been deemed an essential characteristic of nationhood. Today, of the 192 independent nations of the world, all but a very few have such a constitution or are committed to having one. Among the exceptions are the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Israel—democratic nations with sophisticated constitutional jurisprudence but no one specific document that can be called a constitution. Committed to the principle of parliamentary supremacy, the constitutions of these nations consist of numerous legislative enactments specifically designated as ‘basic laws’ (in the case of Israel) or legal scholarship that has been classified as fundamental or organic.
There have been many objections and calls to change elements of our government and its procedures such as the electoral college and calls to Congress to provide legislation in the wake of the overturning of Roe. The Constitution, as a model for government and the recognition of the Founders, that it could never be perfect, includes provisions for modification and addition.
Some governments suffer through violent revolution when historic governmental changes are needed. The US Constitution incorporates a means to avoid such upheaval. IMO, if you want to found a government, writing a constitution is the way to go.
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