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BrentK7 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
You will agree that the BoR and the Constitution are written on separate pieces of paper right? And that they were ratified nearly 4 years apart right? When an amendment is passed they do not write the changes into the constitution. The Constitution (today) is exactly as it was when it was ratified in 1787.Amendments can effectively change the Constitution, yes, but the Constitution itself cannot be changed. Otherwise it would have 27 Ammendments written on it.
lugh21 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Where do you get the idea that by its nature the Constitution connot be altered? Article V of THE Constitution lays down guidelines for altering it.That would be the whole amendment thing. The BoR modified the original Constitution to include specific rights. The 27th Amendment was ratified over 200 years later and even it is part of the same document.
BrentK7 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Check out BillofRightsDOTcom. The info is there. I understand the definition of the word "amend" however by its nature the Constitution [itself] cannot be altered at all which is why the Convention was disbanded after it was ratified, b/c the body that created it was the only thing that could edit it directly.Besides the Constitution was ratified nearly 4 years before the BoR. So how could they be they same document?
lugh21 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
You can maintain all you want, it is still a fact. Look up the definition of the word amend, it doesnt mean to accompany or support, it means to alter or modify.
BrentK7 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I will agree that they are the first 10 amendments and they hold your constitutional rights. But I maintain that they are not the same thing.
lugh21 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I apoligize, but you are still wrong. The BoR are the first 10 ammendments of the Constitution. No, they were not in the first draft but they are still in the Constitution. Any right you receive from the BoR or the other 17 ammendments are your Constitutional Rights.
BrentK7 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
You need to chill my friend. No need to call me stupid.However. Originally the BoR was going to be part of the Constitution. This was rejected by all of the delegates though. The reason being that the concept of the BoR was not unique to the US. The original text of the Constitution provided no enumerated rights for the people. Which was the point of the BoR.
lugh21 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Are you stupid? The Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution.
Fattyfatfatfat92 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
why does she have to be so hot?! it almost hurts!
saiberunato (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Olivia Munn is this long time fanboy's wet dream. |
