Maybe America also needed a Declaration of Dependence. A reminder from the Founders that equality in the context of slavery, for example, is going to be, say, pretty problematic going forward. Perhaps a preamble caveat would have been appropriate to underscore the existential reality of charting a constitutional-democracy concept and ideal across unknown centuries to come. Revolution precedes evolution. The Founders weren’t seers but they were idealistic, savvy and pragmatic sorts.
Unknowns and unknowables would lie ahead. Ben Franklin addressed it in his famous response to a question about whether we had a republic or a monarch. “A republic…if you can keep it.”
As for that caveat: “Going forward, we stress to posterity that the sheer passage of time brings changes unforeseen. King George would agree. That’s life, and that’s the reality we all live in. So, let’s not get too carried away with ‘originalism.’ Democracy will always be in a fight for democracy. Human nature will dictate as much and change is always a constant. Common sense for the common good should be a given going forward.”