The Recipients of the Constitution of America

Kate Behrokh
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The Constitution of the United Stated of America
History was made for America on September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia. It was the day that the Constitution of the United States was agreed upon and signed, having been worked on for almost 4 months. By that time, it was almost perfect to its writers. But was it nearly as perfect to the rest of the American citizens? Ongoing controversy questions that it was written for the benefit of all peoples, rather than just rich white males of the time.   Evidences of this fact are that the Constitution has been around for a long time effectively, it was written for the equality of government and not specific people in general, and that it kept power in check, and power applies to everyone. The Constitution has been analyzed for decades as a work of brevity and clarity, and it deserves that reputation.
For the first time in the history of our country, a black president has been elected. It must be noted that this has happened under our current Constitution, which is the same one that existed in the early years of the nation. It is true that changes were made, but those changes are only specific additions, and the general idea of government still exists. In order for any document to live as long as the Constitution has, there must be valid and effective ideas present that are applicable at most if not all points in time. Hence, the fact that we have women’s voting rights, female politicians, and other enlightened ideas today that weren’t existent back then. When the founding fathers wrote the Constitution, they gave room for it to be changed or adjusted. This means that they realized that it might live on for a long time, and white males would surely not be the only ones benefiting from their laws for that long a time. In fact, individual people weren’t meant to be the ones benefitting from such a document. The Union as a whole was in thought when the Constitution was written.
The Constitution did not...