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THE LIVING
CONSTITUTION
Constitutional Flexibility
CONSTITUTIONAL
FLEXIBIITY
“The real test of any constitution is the way it serves its own
people. As historical conditions change, so do the needs of a nation.
A workable constitution must be able to adjust to these changing
needs as they arise, to renew itself without violence and upheaval.”
W H AT W O U L D T H E S I G N E R S O F T H E
C O N S T I T U T I O N T H I N K A B O U T H O W I T H A S
P E R F O R M E D ?
THE CIVIL WAR
The Civil War was a long, violent argument over how to resolve the
slavery issue, and how the Constitution should be interpreted or
changed.
SLAVES AND F. DOUGLASS
SUFFRAGIST C. 1916
JAPANESE INTERNMENT
RO N A L D R E G A N S I G N S C I V I L L I B E R T I E S
AC T G R A N T I N G R E PA R AT I O N S
H OW D O E S T H E C O N S T I T U T I O N
C H A N G E ?
SPORTS ANALOGY TIME
THE CONSTITUTION
CONGRESS AND
PRESIDENT
THE SU P REM E COU RT: DECIDES
CONSTITU TIONAL ITY
REVERSALS
PLESSY V. FERGUSON
BROWN V. BOARD OF
EDUCATION
LIVING CONSTITUTION
“The real test of any constitution is the way it serves
its own people. As historical conditions change, so
do the needs of a nation. A workable constitution
must be able to adjust to these changing needs as
they arise…”
THINK ABOUT IT…
If the Constitution couldn’t change, would it still be the
great basis for governing society?