The Articles of Federation left most regulation to individual states and much like the issue that arose with trade, the minting of currency and a regulation of currency was left to each state. This meant that each state could mint or produce different denominations of value for their “state” dollars and coinage. Because there were many discrepancies in money and their respective values, many problems soon would arise in the Confederation such as, inflation, parties not accepting each other’s money because it was not considered “legal” tender, and to the loss of property because of non-payment. The new government that was to be formed in the wake of the Confederation would attempt to resolve this issue by granting the Congress the ability,
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It was on the state to record and pass judgment on its citizens and that any law handed down from the national government could be simply ignored if the state chose so to do. On the other side of the argument, since there was no national court system, it was impossible for an individual to file complaints against the Confederation. The founding fathers attempted to appease both sides of the judicial issue by writing Article 3, Section 1, which states, “The judicial power of the Unites States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” This section in Article 3 establishes one central supreme court that has power to overrule a lower court’s decisions, thus giving power of rule to the central …show more content…
This was written in fear of allowing the national government too much power and the ability to wage war upon its people and states. This ideal of only allowing the central government to be the mouth piece of the nation and not the sword as well deeply affected the Confederacies ability to defend external and internal threats. With the ever looming presence of the British on America’s doorstep, it would become apparent while drafting the Constitution that it would be necessary to allow congress the ability to raise an army to, at the very least, defend its boarders. This is covered by Article 1, Section 8 clause 12 in the US Constitution and simply says, “To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two
It was on the state to record and pass judgment on its citizens and that any law handed down from the national government could be simply ignored if the state chose so to do. On the other side of the argument, since there was no national court system, it was impossible for an individual to file complaints against the Confederation. The founding fathers attempted to appease both sides of the judicial issue by writing Article 3, Section 1, which states, “The judicial power of the Unites States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” This section in Article 3 establishes one central supreme court that has power to overrule a lower court’s decisions, thus giving power of rule to the central …show more content…
This was written in fear of allowing the national government too much power and the ability to wage war upon its people and states. This ideal of only allowing the central government to be the mouth piece of the nation and not the sword as well deeply affected the Confederacies ability to defend external and internal threats. With the ever looming presence of the British on America’s doorstep, it would become apparent while drafting the Constitution that it would be necessary to allow congress the ability to raise an army to, at the very least, defend its boarders. This is covered by Article 1, Section 8 clause 12 in the US Constitution and simply says, “To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two