As all should be very aware of, the world is continually spinning, time is forever growing, and all things are constantly changing. Thank goodness, our founding fathers recognized this upon writing the world’s finest hand written document, The U.S. Constitution. Upon realizing this, our founding fathers made it a priority to allow the document to be malleable, capable of being shaped or formed. However important it was for the U.S. constitution to be shaped or formed, our founding fathers also realized that the constitution had to have a firm base, it had to be able to bend, but not break. Hence, the malleability became a rock to the U.S. Constitution.
Though there are many examples that show the malleability of the U.S. Constitution, the most important of them all would be The Bill Of Rights, the name by first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution are known. The Bill Of Rights was introduced by James Madison, and came into effect December 15th, 1791. The Bill Of Rights’ purpose was to limit the power of the federal government while increasing the security and protecting the rights of all people on American soil. The ten amendments to the U.S. constitution were that of the following: freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition; right to keep and bear arms; protection from quartering of troops; protection from unreasonable search and seizure; due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain; trial by jury and rights of the accused; civil trial by jury; prohibition of excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment; protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights; and finally, powers of the states and of the people. The Bill Of Rights is a prime example of how malleable the constitution is, for without it, we, as American citizens, would be living in a cookie cutter world, without the freedoms to be ourselves. Without the ability to bend or mold the U.S. Constitution, we the people of the United...