It was written by humans, and it was not perfect for governing humans at its inception, nor will it ever be, but it can always be improved. One of the provisos that makes the U.S. Constitution revolutionary and effective is the fact that it outlines its own amendment process.
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Changes to the constitution (or other important documents, like contracts) are called amendments. There have been 27 amendments to the United States Constitution.
The constitution has been amended 27 times since 1787, along with 17 addition amendments
Because people have made new laws and come up with new idea. Also, some laws had to be fixed.
There has been 27 amendments added to the constitution
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there are 27 amendents in the constitution
there has been 27 written changes to the US constitution
There are 27 amendments to the constitution. The last one passed in 1971 when the right to vote was changed from 21 to 18.