Should we just do away with the Constitution

Surely, this is a sad topic, but I understand what you are saying. In the past I've suggested we write a new one, but do we want the current crop of liberals writing our new constitution? We have been ignoring the constitution for so long that many of violations of its clear wording are not even thought about by most Americans. Want an example? The mininimum wage law is clearly unconstitutional. Remember, the constitution says there can not be any law respecting contracts between individuals. Or was it private contracts? Anyway, when someone agrees to work for someone at a certain wage, that is a contract. The law saying it has to be for at least a certain amount is clearly unconstitutional. There are many more common everyday violations of the constitution.

The reason the US Constitution has outlasted so many other state-creating-documents has been it's adaptability and openness to interprettation. "Constitutions" that have since attempted to lay down every law and possible exception have failed in some form. The brevity and simplicity of the document enabled our founders to lay a foundation upon which a quality form of government could be based. It does not answer every question for us, nor does it attempt to solve every possible problem. It establishes a government that operates empowered by the people and run by people to solve problems as they arise and adjust laws as needed. It gives so much power to every sitting Congress that it almost places itself on a shelf after creating the government. The Bill of Rights, created seperately from The Constitution itself, limits the power of the newly formed government, ensuring individual freedoms but still allowing a huge amount of interprettation. Without such ability to form our own path every generation, our society would eventually stagnate and decay like so many societies before us. We can never ignore what the Constitution sets forth, but, especially since it does not answer every question, we also must respect what it tells us to do: Make a government that is capable of deciding for itself. What you seem to have a problem with is people. People, who through their own free will, have decided to view things a little differently from you. If you are hoping they will be silenced by invoking a strict interprettation of the Constitution, you are focusing on the wrong parts of the great document yourself. The answer to your questions then is: No, We Will Not Get Rid Of The Constitution, And Yes, A Huge Majority Of People Still Care About It, for the very reason that it has established a government that can adapt and respond to different pressures. It allows for this sort of debate and ultimately was establshed to put PEOPLE in charge, not a piece of paper!

its an elastic document, its meant to be changed and represent the current times. if there are parts that dont matter then they need to be changed to matter and reflect the views of the current majority.