Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130106:21:44:00
It provides for a balance of power, and it does slow things down, but it's also guaranteed a stability and an ability for the united states to thrive ever since it went into effect. >> there is one phrase, aisha, that comes up in constitutional arguments frequently. professor sideman writes, quote, the idea that the framers what, would the framers have done? that's a frequent question. is it counterproductive to run the government on what a lot of folks might have thought some 250 yearsing. >> reporter: >> no. we certainly don't need to get rid of the constitution. what we actually need to do ...