Yes, it was written as a document that can be amended (not changed by judicial caveat or executive order). That process was meant to be hard and strenuous to achieve so that we don't end up with a "ruling class" instead of a monarch or dictator or that we don' get caught up in the tyranny of the majority. I would caution not to take lightly the "framers"; they were persons of tremendous "unselfishness" towards the new Republic, and many gave their lives, their fortunes and risked their "sacred honor" to establish this country. Sometimes I wonder how many of us, in this modern day of the "me" generations would be willing to do the same. I would be careful not to "curse the very root of the tree which bears the fruit that you eat"! It was those framers, and the lessons they learned from observing the abuses of other forms of government in history, that gave us the foundations of what we enjoy today. It is the principles that were established, the rule of law, and the commitment to a body of governing ideas (the Constitution of the United States" that we should defend, support, and sacrifice for. Those have given all of us a level of freedom, equality (albeit not perfect in history, but better than most, if not all, of the other governmental bodies of the world), and livelihood that we enjoy here. Even this discussion site, "Hubski" is here to enjoy where in many countries it would be outlawed and we would be cast in prison. We solve arguments today based on those principles and concepts that were laid down at the founding of our nation.