because its the supreme law of the land
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Have the principles codified in the original Constitution lasted? Gerard Gawalt, early American history expert with the Library of Congress since ... So much so, ... It has lasted as long as it has because God has prospered it for the purpose of perpetuating His work and preparing the world for the second coming of Jesus Christ.
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www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/july96/constitution_7-3.html
www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/july96/constitution_7-3.html
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The U.S. Constitution has lasted so long for three reasons, in my opinion; it established flexible and adaptable institutions, checks and balances on power, and, significantly, it is hard to amend. ... So now our constitution has more amendments than the federal one. There are so many that they are starting to cripple...
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Although this principle helps to prevent abuses of power so long as the constitutional regime lasts, its inherent limitations become apparent in the conditions that both generate and result from ... This is typically done by reifying the Constitution as the ultimate source of authority in a presidentialist state. Thereby,
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The Independent Review; Volume 1 Number 4; Spring 1997 ... ; Regime Uncertainty: Why the Great Depression Lasted So Long and Why Prosperity Resumed after the War; By Robert Higgs...
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www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=430
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But the wartime numbers that look so solid and comparable sitting there in the middle of a long time series are essentially arbitrary. What we can say with confidence is that as of 1940, the economy had not yet recovered fully from the Great Depression;
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The only reason that the ; Constitution of the U.S. has lasted so long is that it was a flexible, principle-based framework. We only need to re-apply that framework to the structure called DNS which already exists.
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The Constitution turned out to be a product of its time. However, due to the flexibility of the way it was written, the Constitution has been able to meet the challenges of America's future. It is because of these things that the Constitution has lasted so long and has been a success.
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The Elastic Clause means that Congress has the power to carry out the spirtit of the Constitution. (Basicly says, "OK, I know I'm not going to be able to think of every senario, so do the best you can to make good laws.) ... Why has the Constitution lasted so long?
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