They wanted to maintain the individual liberty that would guard the citizens from the central government, specifically, taking power away from the government. They wanted to make sure to maintain individual rights by enforcing what they had placed in the Declaration of Independence. The main duty of the states was to defend and protect the rights of the people by listening to concerns or issues that they have. Like many other established ideas of the founding fathers, things in history have been distorted. For example, legislation had been in control of appointing senators for 125 years before the 17th Amendment was ratified. By then, things have been
They wanted to maintain the individual liberty that would guard the citizens from the central government, specifically, taking power away from the government. They wanted to make sure to maintain individual rights by enforcing what they had placed in the Declaration of Independence. The main duty of the states was to defend and protect the rights of the people by listening to concerns or issues that they have. Like many other established ideas of the founding fathers, things in history have been distorted. For example, legislation had been in control of appointing senators for 125 years before the 17th Amendment was ratified. By then, things have been