EXAMINE THREE RIGHTS GUARANTEED IN THE CONSTITUTION AND WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT FOR DEMOCRACY. “The US Constitution is a remarkably succinct document. It is a complete instruction manual that has required relatively few revisions to guide the operation of one of the world’s major representative democracies for more than two centuries”(Bond, pg. 35) The US constitution is a the greatest document in the history of American politics. “It seems to be view almost as the product of divine guidance…” (pg.35) and we agree to that. The US Constitution, only with a few corrections has been giving guidance on how to run an equal and democratic country. Democracy is constructed by giving everyone the same opportunities, the same rights and the same value as a human being, the Constitution grants us these rights
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Also, together with the seventh amendment it includes normal citizens as of a Jury, including them to make decisions in court cases. The third right I would like to mention, is the nineteenth amendment “women suffrage”, the right to vote granted to women in 1920. “Females are not a minority in terms of numbers. Females make up slightly more than 50 percent of the US population” (bond, pg.161) Without the nineteenth amendment more than 50 % voices in this country would be silenced so as a result we couldn’t call our government “democratic”, thinking about that, in the past, how could the US considered itself a democratic country if more than 50% of its people’s voices including African Americans were not considered?. As Plato thought: “excluding women from politics is a waste of talent” (Mrs. B, Democracy lecture). If women were excluded from political decisions we would not have women like Hilary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi in congress. I think we are in the path to achieving this democracy but we haven’t achieve it yet, and I don’t think it is because the Constitution is
Also, together with the seventh amendment it includes normal citizens as of a Jury, including them to make decisions in court cases. The third right I would like to mention, is the nineteenth amendment “women suffrage”, the right to vote granted to women in 1920. “Females are not a minority in terms of numbers. Females make up slightly more than 50 percent of the US population” (bond, pg.161) Without the nineteenth amendment more than 50 % voices in this country would be silenced so as a result we couldn’t call our government “democratic”, thinking about that, in the past, how could the US considered itself a democratic country if more than 50% of its people’s voices including African Americans were not considered?. As Plato thought: “excluding women from politics is a waste of talent” (Mrs. B, Democracy lecture). If women were excluded from political decisions we would not have women like Hilary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi in congress. I think we are in the path to achieving this democracy but we haven’t achieve it yet, and I don’t think it is because the Constitution is