Constitution USA

**ATBackpackin** · May 6th, 2013, 07:34 PM

I didn't see this on here.

Does the Constitution have what it takes to keep up with modern America? Join Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! as he hits the road to find out. Traveling across the country by motorcycle, Sagal is in search of where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn’t… how it unites us as a nation and how it has nearly torn us apart.

Constitution USA

I do not see this being good, just more why we need to get rid of the Constitution.

**harold63** · May 6th, 2013, 07:40 PM

No, it wasn't designed to let morally corrupt people govern the country, so in that sense, it has fallen years behind. God help us.

**ideaman** · May 6th, 2013, 07:42 PM

Just as frog will always have a frog's nature, human nature also never changes. Our founding fathers knew this from experience, that's why they created the bill of rights, Constitution, separation of powers, voting and made us a republic.

You can discuss it all you want but it's not up for changing.

**harold63** · May 6th, 2013, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by ideaman

human nature also never changes. Our founding fathers knew this from experience,

Good point, and quite true.

**BSH** · May 6th, 2013, 10:05 PM

Not get rid of the constitution, but we need another 12-20 amendments, easy.

**harold63** · May 6th, 2013, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by BSH

Not get rid of the constitution, but we need another 12-20 amendments, easy.

I think we need one new amendment......anyone who meddles with the Amendments already in place gets a free ride to the border.

**ATBackpackin** · May 7th, 2013, 07:26 PM

FYI

This is showing tonight at 9 PM on PBS.

**BSH** · May 7th, 2013, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by 300WM

I think we need one new amendment......anyone who meddles with the Amendments already in place gets a free ride to the border.

Right, because Congress is doing a GREAT job keeping inside the bounds of the commerce clause, 4th amendment, etc. Sorry, but our government does not work, and the written constitution does not cover everything we need in the 21st century. Jefferson would agree.

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**rmagill** · May 8th, 2013, 08:38 AM

I think the CotUS does cover everything, but the masses forget what Liberty and Freedom mean and what is at stake every election. Forgetting this got our country where it is.

**Pilot321** · May 8th, 2013, 08:45 AM

Did anybody get a chance to watch the first episode? Since it is PBS, I'd expect the worst, especially towards the 2A, but you never know. They need something to screw up between sipping their white wine, and eating Brie cheese.