Constitution Still Relevant Today Essay

The Constitution vs How it is Still Applicable in Today’s United States

On September 17, 1787 a total of 39 men signed a document that would change the United States’ future for forever. This, now historic, document incorporates citizens of the United States’ rights and the ability to secure these rights. 229 years later, this government archive is still protecting and maintaining our country's government and people. From every bill being passed through the House of Representatives to regulations of punishments on convicts, the Constitution covered most rights given to the people of our country then and still does today. The Constitution still is a viable document, which makes it applicable in today’s issues.

First, The right for the House Of Representatives to pass a bill on raising an army but money will not be granted for it for more than 2 years. Recently a bill was passed through the House on raising and arming an army of Syrian Rebels. The House is able to pass this bill because of a clause written almost 230 years ago and this information still is relevant to problems happening now, like war. This army helped fight extremist groups such as ISIS and ISIL and potentially saved many lives. This section in the Constitution has helped modern day problems,

and is not out of date in anyway.
Another example is Facebook's new problem pertaining to “likes” and freedom of speech.

Freedom of speech is the first amendment which is included in freedom of expression. According to the First Amendment anyone shall have the freedom to express their religion, what they say in the press, how they speak of something or the right assemble and petition the government to re-address grievances. Today these rights still need to be heavily protected because people are still trying to take them away and challenge them. The Constitution very heavily protects the citizens and these rights, and is still needed heavily today in the modern society as much as they were needed when they were first written down 230 years

ago.
Furthermore, another clause which is heavily needed in today’s society is the right to a patent. Patents are so heavily used today, there has been a change to the section in the Constitution from “first to file” to “first to invent”. The whole clause itself has not changed, it has just been altered to expand on ideas to help more people make patent. They needed to expand the outlines of the right a little more because it was so heavily used in today’s society and in the past. This right is still used today because so many people are inventing and discovering new ideas which they need to protect even now and in the future,
In Conclusion, the Constitution is still used today to maintain our rights as citizens. Whether it is about passing bills on weapons of war to patents on new microorganisms, the same rules written 200 plus years ago still stay the same because there is no need to change them now. The men who signed the Constitution wrote the document, they wrote an ageless and impactful piece of writing which would guide our country even 2 centuries later.