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The Constitution

 

            
            
             Article Five, clause two of the United States Constitution .
             states, "under the Authority of the United States, [the Constitution] .
             shall be the supreme law of the land." As a result of the fact that .
             the current activist government is pursuing inconsistent policies, .
             many believe the Constitution has become irrelevant because no guiding .
             principles seem to exist. Thomas Jefferson once said, "The.
             Constitution belongs to the living and not to the dead." Accordingly, .
             it is often referred to as a "living" document because of its regular .
             alteration and reexamination; therefore, the Constitution has not .
             become irrelevant in defining the goals of American government. This .
             will be shown by examining how the Constitution ensures and upholds .
             American ideas of rights, defines governmental structures, allows for .
             an increase in governmental growth, and permits the Supreme Court to .
             shape and define public policy through Constitutional.
             interpretation.
             Through years of research on court cases, political scientists .
             are in agreement that most people favor rights in theory, but their .
             support diminishes when the time to put the rights into practice .
             arrives. For example, a strong percentage of Americans concur with .
             the idea of free speech throughout the United States, but when a court .
             case such as Texas vs. Johnson (1989) arises, most backing shifts away .
             from complete freedom of speech. In the case, a Texan named Gregory .
             Johnson set fire to an American flag during the 1984 Republican.
             National Convention in Dallas in order to protest nuclear arms .
             buildup; the decision was awarded to Johnson in the midst of stern .
             opposition (Beth 68). .
             Lockean philosophy concerning the natural rights of man also .
             serves amajor role in an American's idea of rights. Many citizens .
             feels that it is the task of the state to preserve such birthrights as .
             life, liberty, and property. The juristic theory of rights deals with .


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