Is this useless?????

[gregr1971]

http://constitutionus.com/

[Jhua]

Not really. The constitution provides a framework in which we follow in the US. While it isn't perfect, what framework isn't? The deficiency lies not in the constitution but people who take advantage of it and get whatever laws that are beneficial to us are wrapped up in bureaucratic red tape.

[Robalo]

Not really. The deficiency lies not in the constitution but people who take advantage of it and get whatever laws that are beneficial to us are wrapped up in bureaucratic red tape.

Jonathan just described Obama!!!

[kenny]

It's an inspired document written by (at least the outline) by Thomas Jefferson. Other authors include James Madison, Thomas Paine, and John Adams, under the direction of George Washington. Adams should be credited with getting it done and ratified.

[JT]

Ancestry.com shows John Adams to be a relative of mine through my Mother who was an Adams. All this time, I had been told I came from a long line of horse thiefs and pure, un-adulterated white trash and now i know better,,,,i think.

And people fork with me about a little noise?

[FlatoutFishin]

Ancestory.com shows me related to Daniel Boone through his sister...Sarah Boone who married Daniel Wilcoxson. She was Amish and he wasn't...i think he knocked her up and they banished her outta the Amish group in Pennsylvania, then they ended up in Kentucky. Crazy *** ancestors!

[Rollo]

Many have gone before, Defending it and freedom!

[coachlaw]

Jefferson had almost nothing to do with it. He was in France during the Convention of 1787. James Madison is known as the "Father of the Constitution." Our greatest problem as a nation right now is that people in both political parties have never read it, and don't follow it. Many would wipe their bottoms with it rather than read it. One party is much more guilty than the other, but neither has clean hands here.

What makes our Constitution such a wonderful framework, is that it is a living document. THE PEOPLE can change it as times change, through the Amendment process. Most politicians these days would rather ignore it.

[corndog]

One of the greatest papers ever written. It should be defended with vigiliance and blood if needed.

[Texfish]

Many have gone before, Defending it and freedom!

Well said !

[JT]

Jefferson had almost nothing to do with it.

Dont tell the guy who built Mount Rushmore that or the guys who use to write History Books

[coachlaw]

Sorry, it's just a fact. You're confusing it with the Declaration of Independence (1776), which was principally written by Jefferson. James Madison was the principal author of the Constitution (1787). I just finished a book called Miracle in Philadelphia . . . and I gots a Tulane edumacation and I teaches this stuff every day. Thomas Jefferson was serving as Minister to France at the time. He did not sign the Constitution, nor was he a delegate. Trust me, in no history book anywhere does it say he had a hand in the Constitution. He did have minimal correspondence with some delegates, but you know how slow the mail was back then. Don't feel bad, the 2 documents are often confused.

[WadinMoron]

Go ahead and read the "Federalist Papers." Then get back here and tell us why anyone would find The Constitution useless.

This comment is not directed at anyone here. Just bugs me that so many people just ignore the literal law of the land. In my humble opinion, the "Federalist Papers" is the second most important document(s) in our nation's history.

[gregr1971]

I was being sarcastic in regards to the martin case.

It often seems this treasured document is ignored way too many times.

[JT]

Ya Coachlaw you're right; I was thinking of the Declaration and I stand corrected. #$%(*@ Tulane History teacher.