By Dr. ROBERT OWENS

The Framers moved beyond a loose Confederation of States creating the greatest experiment in freedom the world has ever known.  They birthed a nation conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal unleashing the creative power and energy of humanity in a way never before known and never since equaled. They launched a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the Constitution should feel very flattered.  Our founding document has been copied by almost as many countries as radio talking-heads trying to imitate Rush Limbaugh.  Though it was the best set of compromises the Framers could hammer-out they knew as time passed it might need to be changed.  They made provisions for gradual evolution to occur without the Revolution they used to obtain change that they could believe in or the Civil War their grandchildren fought to change that change.

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