Hi Nadja,
I think today it's hard to imagine a time when the Executive Branch was second in command to Congress, but based on what we learned in the last section, that seems to be what the framers had intended. Remember how it was still fresh in their minds that they had emerged from under a monarchy and they intended to never experience that again? Also, that many delegates refused to attend the Constitutional Convention? That was because they had no desire for a centralized government, and as representatives of their state they knew that was not what the people wanted either. Most colonists at the time were perfectly content with the idea of state sovereignty. In the last chapter, we saw the video with Professor Freeman where she explains that the Federalists ended up having their way not because they carried out the will of the …show more content…
Jefferson acted in every way like a monarch, which is what the Constitution was supposed to protect against. He had no authority to withhold those letters from Judge Marshall. I hear people saying ‘we must trust the President!’ But it was never intended for the president to be so powerful or to go unchecked by Congress in the first place. My philosophy is that if you want to be president, then realize that everything relating to government is the business of Congress. I don’t think the country needs a president to act like a parental figure or a monarch. A president needs to share all information with Congress. Put it on the table for all the elected officials. We elected them too, and that was the process agreed to by Jefferson. It was supposed to be job of Congress to oversee his office. Unless we want to just scrap the Constitution, which would actually be fine with me. I would sign up for that in a
I think today it's hard to imagine a time when the Executive Branch was second in command to Congress, but based on what we learned in the last section, that seems to be what the framers had intended. Remember how it was still fresh in their minds that they had emerged from under a monarchy and they intended to never experience that again? Also, that many delegates refused to attend the Constitutional Convention? That was because they had no desire for a centralized government, and as representatives of their state they knew that was not what the people wanted either. Most colonists at the time were perfectly content with the idea of state sovereignty. In the last chapter, we saw the video with Professor Freeman where she explains that the Federalists ended up having their way not because they carried out the will of the …show more content…
Jefferson acted in every way like a monarch, which is what the Constitution was supposed to protect against. He had no authority to withhold those letters from Judge Marshall. I hear people saying ‘we must trust the President!’ But it was never intended for the president to be so powerful or to go unchecked by Congress in the first place. My philosophy is that if you want to be president, then realize that everything relating to government is the business of Congress. I don’t think the country needs a president to act like a parental figure or a monarch. A president needs to share all information with Congress. Put it on the table for all the elected officials. We elected them too, and that was the process agreed to by Jefferson. It was supposed to be job of Congress to oversee his office. Unless we want to just scrap the Constitution, which would actually be fine with me. I would sign up for that in a