> So much for the unchangeability of US government.
I didn't say it was "unchangeable," and ... well, that's obviously not true.
This is all about the difficulty of changing. My premise is that changes that push closer to the stated core principles of the founders are more likely to happen than others.
I wouldn't say rigidity "works" in this case, as several generations of slaves and women and other minorities might attest. Had we been more open to change in the spirit of the constitution rather than the word, perhaps there'd be less resistance.
I didn't say it was "unchangeable," and ... well, that's obviously not true.
This is all about the difficulty of changing. My premise is that changes that push closer to the stated core principles of the founders are more likely to happen than others.
I wouldn't say rigidity "works" in this case, as several generations of slaves and women and other minorities might attest. Had we been more open to change in the spirit of the constitution rather than the word, perhaps there'd be less resistance.