Why Is The Us Constitution Still Relevant Today

The question being asked of us is if the US Constitution is still relevant in today’s world, and I do believe it is. The U.S constitution affects every single citizen living in the United States. The U.S constitution was written on September 17, 1787 and still is relevant to this day. The constitution was written more than one-hundred years ago but still effects the citizens every single day. Several reasons as to why I believe it is still relevant today is because the government works based off of the constitution which has given people rights, another reason is it makes us the United States of America citizens different than other countries, and lastly because without it our government would not be a functional system. The Constitution sets rules and regulations which we as the citizens abide by. Without the Constitution our world would be a complete and utterly mess do to us not having to follow any rules or regulations. The Constitution sets up the basic
Just because the constitution was written over one-hundred years ago in a different era does not make it not relevant because it can be altered and retouched. If the U.S constitution was not allowed to be altered it wouldn’t be relevant as things have been altered since the period it was written. For example, now you could be the age of eighteen and over to vote versus as back then when the constitution was written which allowed only white men of the age of twenty-one and over to vote. In over the past of one- hundred years the constitution has been tweaked with 27 times to be exact. A great benefit from it was the expulsion of slavery and it gave all citizens the right to vote despise their ethnicity. If the constitution was not allowed to be altered with we would live in a world of mayhem and possibly