The Week: The Constitution is 'an outdated, malfunctioning piece of junk'

We’re well aware there are headlines out there that are nothing but click-bait, and we were almost certain this was one of them. The Constitution is terrible and needs to be thrown out?

America's Constitution is terrible. Let's throw it out and start over: https://t.co/ASh6FLvZky pic.twitter.com/pdWtYSlwiO

— The Week (@TheWeek) January 27, 2018

Ryan Cooper is being serious, though. In The Week Saturday, he concludes that America should “throw the entire Constitution into the garbage:”

One of the biggest problems with the Constitution as written is it makes changing anything nearly impossible. Other countries regularly ditch or overhaul their constitutions to deal with new problems — and even America has done so in the distant past. When the first stab at a U.S. Constitution proved totally unworkable, Americans of the day didn’t fuss around with stipulations that “the Union shall be perpetual.” Instead they threw the whole thing out and started from scratch.

If only there was some sort of process built into the Constitution for amending it. https://t.co/UA3R4fnavY

— Travis View (@travis_view) January 27, 2018

The idea of trashing the entire Constitution and its “ancient, janky mechanisms” certainly did get a response. Let’s throw it out and start over?

Let's not. https://t.co/2c8jRun9Fm

— David Suslenskiy (@DavidSuslensky) January 27, 2018

LOL. No. Piss off. https://t.co/oJNZdMzKMJ

— Amy (@ScreaminEaglet) January 27, 2018

If Americans don't like the Constitution, they can work towards amending it – something we've done 27 times since 1789.

Otherwise, stop complaining. You're free to seek another form of government in another country. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. https://t.co/F6bHpiXhUf

— A Stand Up Girl (@AStandUpGirl) January 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/desertdave2012/status/957351142492553216

Great idea, @TheWeek We're looking forward to the first Five-Year plan to increase grain output in the central districts. https://t.co/3SXmHroEC0

— Libertarian Party of Luna County (@LunaCoLiberty) January 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/PaintingPastor/status/957381391620169728

Yeah, he's mad that the constitution doesn't allow easy changes. I'm sure this guy has it all figured out and is far smarter than the panoply of learned men who forged one of the greatest documents of liberty and justice ever known. Pfft! https://t.co/78MUnLFl4p

— Protogonos (@DarrenOAbner) January 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/957368567401472001

https://twitter.com/PinkertonTom/status/957364906944335873

Well said. And as a palate cleanser, let us offer this 2015 pickup line from Judge Don Willett:

Hey, girl—are you the Constitution? 'Cause I'm sworn to preserve, protect & defend you. pic.twitter.com/K9J4bu9Typ

— Judge Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) December 15, 2015