Our Constitution, perhaps the greatest document in human history behind the Bible, is not quite perfect. In 2025, we can see things that might have been added. Number one is probably term limits. Another would be a prohibition on deficit spending outside of war. And maybe they could have added something about judges being responsible for the results of giving criminals a free pass and an open door...

No doubt, there are countless things we could sit here 250 years later and think of that the Founding Fathers could have added but didn’t because they couldn’t see into the future. One thing they could see clearly, though, was that man’s nature is to accumulate power and use that power to take from others, and that the most effective way of doing both is by harnessing the power of government.

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Alas, it wasn’t possible to put frameworks in place to control all the base instincts of men, as they are simply unending and constantly evolve. The Founders could not envision our world. They could write about freedom of speech and the press, but they couldn’t have known about radio, mobile phones, the dark web, Bitcoin, or shadow banning.

Nonetheless, one of their Constitution’s greatest attributes was its staggered terms. The House, the place from which spending originates, is the closest to the people and is elected every two years. The President, who executes the laws, has a term of four years. Then the Senate, originally representing the state legislatures, serves staggered six-year terms.

The goal of these staggered terms was to tamp down the passions of men such that if a majority wanted something, they couldn’t easily command it, and it would take years for them to take control over the government. The Founders understood that tempers run hot, but cooler heads often prevail with time. Therefore, they wrote a document with........

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