The framers of the constitution had various motives and intentions for the constitution and government for the new country, and not all of those motives and intentions were necessarily good or bad- it …show more content…
Republicanism comes from philosopher Plato and his republic. A republic is a government in which elected representatives make the decisions. Republics also come from the ideas of Aristotle and Polybius. Constitutionalism focuses on the constitution. Constitutionalism proclaims the desirability of the rule of law as opposed to rule by the arbitrary judgment. Liberty in philosophy means freedom and free will. Some of the earliest talk of liberty dates back to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who wrote of liberty being “a policy in which there is the same law for all”. The idea of equality could possibly date back to the beginning of humans, with various equality movements throughout history. Pluralism is the acknowledgment of a diversity of political