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The constitution is the foundation of the entire US legal system. Without it the whole thing collapses.
Yes, but that doesn't mean it is infallible.
I mean we wouldnt need governments and legal systems if anything was infallible.
There is so much nuance to it, and it outlines a good system. However it is based on assumptions about the integrity, awareness, and independence of thought each citizen would have that have been systematically undermined.
Even the best written laws are not immune to misinterpretation, seems to be a big problem.
Hard to design against willfull and determined misinterpretations.
True as that may be, the sanctity it is held to is immensely harmful, as it kills any chance of improvement and progress.
It has barely anything in it. How exactly is it killing any chance of improvement and progress? The only really harmful thing I can think of in the constitution is the electoral college. I think most of the problems with it are just because of how much room it leaves for interpretation.
Another big constitutional issue is the influence of money in Federal elections. It is a logical outgrowth of the first amendment, but causes a ton of problems. Citizens United was rightly decided, it's just that the outcome sucks.
I used to ask people:
If you could write a constitutional amendment of 15 words or less, what would it say?
It seems more like just another thing the constitution overlooked, by being too vague.