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Fatally flawed means there is a flaw in the Constitution and it cannot survive. I doubt that any instructor of the Constitution would say fatally flawed, flawed yes but not fatally. The Constitution had, and still has, some flaws, two flaws required amendment immediatly and other flaws have been corrected by usage, amendments and court decisions.
One of the problems of changing the Constitution is that we no longer percieve that document as a plan to establish a working government but have made it into a devine document ordained by God, similar to the devine right of kings to rule. Another problems is practical, some people benefit by the Constitution, as is, and want no change.
The framers believed in the Constittution being changed and the fact that it has been amended only 27 times may indicate the difficulty of changing rather than need. Too easy to change by the same token, means hundreds of amendments each reflecting some vested interests desires ala the California Constitution with 600 amendments.
But the Constitution may never again, be changed, to make government better but only to profit some monied interests.
One of the problems of changing the Constitution is that we no longer percieve that document as a plan to establish a working government but have made it into a devine document ordained by God, similar to the devine right of kings to rule. Another problems is practical, some people benefit by the Constitution, as is, and want no change.
The framers believed in the Constittution being changed and the fact that it has been amended only 27 times may indicate the difficulty of changing rather than need. Too easy to change by the same token, means hundreds of amendments each reflecting some vested interests desires ala the California Constitution with 600 amendments.
But the Constitution may never again, be changed, to make government better but only to profit some monied interests.