Historical Changes on constitution of the United States

QUESTION 1

From a historical perspective, the constitution of the United States has experienced

significant changes looking at the fundamental amendments formulated to effectively serve the

American society. Technically, the constitution is perceived to be representing a good balance

between the values of liberty and stability to the current American society. Benjamin Franklin, a

United States activist’s suggested that those giving up important liberty for the sake of obtaining

a little and temporary stability and safety neither deserve liberty nor the stability. From a

constitutional perspective, liberty is a value that only requires enhancement and must be

safeguarded and supported. On the other hand, stability basically implies on the good security

situation of the American society. However, it is apparent that stability is not necessarily a

counterweight to freedom but rather a way of providing a balance to liberty through ensuring

freedom remains in its required state (Crick, 2002). Liberty should basically contribute positively

to the overall character of humanity.

The established good balance between liberty values and stability directly justifies the

fact that the current United States’ constitution has adopted appropriate security that finally

enables liberty to her citizens. The previous notion that stability in the country will apparently

compete against the state of liberty is long gone and a balance is well established between the

security and liberty to the Americans (Heffner, 2009). Certainly, the prime function of proper

security and stability is to directly protect the state of liberty for the American society. One of the

fundamental issues facing the current society of Americans is not the trade-off between liberty

and stability but finding out what exactly liberty entails and how security critically contributes to

its value. As quoted by a lawyer, Edmund Burke, the only type of liberty that guarantees values