The debate over states' rights and federal authority was so intense, that the Constitution does not address the relationship between the states and the national government.The Constitution framers did not want the document they were drafting to ever change, so they did not provide any provision in the Constitution for how to change or update it.The Constitution and its Amendments failed to address many of the issues specifically raised in the Declaration of Independence and this caused the debate over ratification to last well beyond the deadline set in the Constitution.The Constitution framers recognized that if the government was to survive, it needed to be able to adapt, so they included specific details about how to change the document and thus it is still known as a "living document."

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