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The U.S. Constitution is held at the National Archives in D.C., and I think it is contained within a special environment which preserves it from the elements (and I believe in case of attack). My question – is America's government predicated on the existence of this paper document? What would happen if the document were destroyed? Anyone know?
I dont think the government would cease to exist if the paper document were destroyed by an accident or attack. The document is not the essence of America, it is it's embodiment and could be replaced. It is not as though we don't know what it says. Our government just tends to ignore it when it's contents are inconvenient.
Yes, I agree that the government wouldn't “collapse” immediately. But I would think that Congress would have to hightail it to a meeting where they would have to draft the Constitution again and sign it. At least this is what I think may be the case.Assuming this is true, I could envision a scenario (one which would provide the basis for a novel/movie down the road) in which Congress meets in an emergency session to sign a new draft of the Constitution with the same content, but at the last moment, some congressmen start having second thoughts on what they would want changed this time around. They might be small changes in wording, as they start to realize how much they could avoid all sorts of problems experienced in the past simply by omitting or adding a word here or there. Soon enough, camps develop, and a constitutional crisis erupts. Interesting storyline, huh? 🙂
Yes, I agree that the government wouldn't "collapse" immediately. But I would think that Congress would have to hightail it to a meeting where they would have to draft the Constitution again and sign it. At least this is what I think may be the case.Assuming this is true, I could envision a scenario (one which would provide the basis for a novel/movie down the road) in which Congress meets in an emergency session to sign a new draft of the Constitution with the same content, but at the last moment, some congressmen start having second thoughts on what they would want changed this time around. They might be small changes in wording, as they start to realize how much they could avoid all sorts of problems experienced in the past simply by omitting or adding a word here or there. Soon enough, camps develop, and a constitutional crisis erupts. Interesting storyline, huh? 🙂
I'd pay to see that movie... As long as Kevin Costner wasn't in it 😀
