How Has The Constitution Changed

The Constitution is a living, breathing document that is actively used by leaders and citizens alike. The reason why it is a living, breath document is because there are many parts of the Constitution that are changed every year to adapt to the ever changing United States lifestyle. One part of the Constitution, known as the elastic clause, changes almost every year. The elastic clause makes it so that Congress is able to add and abolish laws to fit the needs of the people. An example of the elastic clause is the Brown vs Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas. In 1954, when Linda Brown was not allowed to go to the local all white elementary school because the school district claimed it did not violate the separate but equal law, the Brown family took their case to court. After looking at the case and taking the Brown family’s side, the court decided to overturn the separate but equal law, saying that it was unconstitutional in the field of education. This evidence proves that the Constitution is in fact a living, breathing document. Before the Brown
These first amendments were key to the new nation ensuring that every American citizen had ten basic rights protected by law. Examples of this include freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the rights of assembly and petition, and the right to refuse housing of soldiers. All of these are evidence because before amendment about the housing of soldiers, people would have soldiers living in their house for an extended period of time without their consent, and before freedom of religion, speech and press, and rights of assembly and petition, people couldn't choose the religion they wanted, people couldn't publicly display their opinions in something like the newspaper, and people couldn't gather and protest like they do