The United States Constitution is the world longest government written charter written in 1787. It was ratified in 1788 and has been in operation since 1789. The government of the United States prevails to serve the citizens as affirmed by ‘we the people’ – the first three words of the Constitution (Donner 365). The Constitution has continued in force because the first makers intelligently balanced the powers of the government in an aim to protect the rules of the majority and minority rights promoting liberty and equality. The Constitutional law has greatly impacted other nations’ constitution due to the way it has been interpreted, reinforced and implemented.
Being the supreme law of the United States of America, the United States Constitution originally was composed of seven articles depicting the national structure of government. The first three articles define the proposition of the separation of powers dividing the federal in government into three divisions; the legislature, the executive and the judicial. Article four, five and six define the notions of federalism which outline the rights and responsibilities of state governments and the accord to the federal government. The last article – seven enacts the measures used by the states to endorse it. The Constitution has been modified twenty-seven times to …show more content…
The bill was ratified on December 15th, 1791 following the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776. The rest of the amendments develop protection of individual civil rights. The primary reason that led to the creation of the U.S Constitution was to administer the division of authority and limit the government. The aspect of a constitution involves both power hierarchy and hierarchy laws. The general nature of the document itself is built on founding principles controlling the content of the
Being the supreme law of the United States of America, the United States Constitution originally was composed of seven articles depicting the national structure of government. The first three articles define the proposition of the separation of powers dividing the federal in government into three divisions; the legislature, the executive and the judicial. Article four, five and six define the notions of federalism which outline the rights and responsibilities of state governments and the accord to the federal government. The last article – seven enacts the measures used by the states to endorse it. The Constitution has been modified twenty-seven times to …show more content…
The bill was ratified on December 15th, 1791 following the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776. The rest of the amendments develop protection of individual civil rights. The primary reason that led to the creation of the U.S Constitution was to administer the division of authority and limit the government. The aspect of a constitution involves both power hierarchy and hierarchy laws. The general nature of the document itself is built on founding principles controlling the content of the