In the article “A People’s Constitution”, the author Howard Zinn explains his thoughts that the Constitution does not effect our quality of life. His claim is not backed up by any facts or logic, but purely persuasion by his own opinion. The Constitution is in fact very useful to society because it gives citizens their rights and gives people their freedom. The Bill of Rights keeps the government and citizens equal by making sure the government does not overpower the people and keeps things equal. Zinn argues that the integrity and determination of the people is what gives us our rights and power. He states, “It is conspicuously silent on certain other rights that all humans deserve.” (Zinn, pg. 1) This statement contradicts itself because The Ninth amendment explains that people have many more rights than what is just stated in our Constitution. He then goes on to talk about how slavery came to be abolished. “When slavery was abolished, it was not by constitutional fiat, but by the joining of military necessity with the moral force of a great antislavery movement, acting outside the Constitution and often against the law.” (Zinn, pg. 1) The Thirteenth Amendment expands the Emancipation Proclamation which makes slavery illegal in all of the United States and gives everyone equal freedom and rights. The Constitution is very effective in keeping our people equal and even though it did not clearly state this at first, it has been in tact since. Since the people fought for what they believed in, the government compromised and added it to the Constitution. Zinn argues that the laws that protect citizens from too much government power are easily ignored. The Bill of Rights is very effective, giving citizens the freedom of speech, religion, and press all in The First Amendment. “Whatever a distant Court decided, the real right of citizens to free expression has been determined by the immediate power of the local police on th