The Us Constitution Is No Longer Fit for Purpose.

'The US constitution is no longer fit for purpose'. Discuss

(45marks)

Arguments

 to

 suggest

 it’s

 no

 longer

 fit

 for

purpose:

Imperial

 Judiciary.

 When

 drafting

 the

 Constitution

 the

 Founding

 Fathers

 intended

that

 neither

 branch

 would

 become

 too

 powerful,

 however,

 this

 has

 failed

 and

 the

 US

Constitution

 has

 created

 an

 ‘imperial

 judiciary’

 in

 which

 the

 Supreme

 Court

 has

become

 too

 powerful.

 For

 an

 unelected

 body

 the

 Supreme

 Court

 exercises

 too

 much

influence

 through

 its

 power

 of

 judicial

 review

 and

 is

 able

 to

 strike

 down

 any

 laws

and

 actions

 of

 states

 and

 the

 other

 two

 branches.

 The

 Supreme

 Court

 interferes

 in

many

 issues

 that

 should

 be

 considered

 local

 such

 as

 Obergefell

 v

 Hodges

 &

 U.S

 v

Windsor

 (gay

 marriage),

 Gonzales

 v

 Carhart

 &

 McCullen

 v.

 Coakley

 (abortion).

 Their

ability

 to

 enact

 social

 change

 as

 an

 unelected

 body

 and

 interfere

 with

 issue

 that

should

 be

 local

 has

 truly

 generated

 an

 image

 of

 an

 imperial

 judiciary.

Imperial Presidency. The modern presidency, as Schlesinger argues has

become an imperial presidency whereby just like the Supreme Court, the

President is too powerful. The Presidents have effectively exploited their role as

Commander-in-Chief in overtaking Congress’ constitutional power of being able

to declare war which Congress has not used since 1941 on Japan and since

then, the President has been involved in a lot of wars despite...