Is it not disrespectful to citizens that we still are challenged to live up to the ideals of the Constitution? I mean we are talking about a nation that denied women a right to vote until 1919, a nation that took over a 100 years to put any real teeth to the enforcement of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. We are talking about a nation that speaks highly of rights and equality, but day in and day out does not live up to that ideal on many levels.