Essay Topic: Why is the Constitution still relevant today? The Constitution, being the Supreme Law of the Land, plays an essential role in society today. It is a replacement for the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution was created by the Founding Fathers & contains 3 parts which include, the Preamble, Articles (7), and Amendments (27). The Preamble describes its purpose. The Articles forms the structure of the government & tells how it could be changed. The Amendments classifies changes to the Constitution & the first 10 are called the Bill of Rights. The Constitution has 3 main functions. First, it creates a national government containing a legislative, an executive, & a judicial branch. Second, it divides power between the federal
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The Preamble of the Constitution states “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”. We the people formed the Constitution for all the reasons listed above. The Constitution is very beneficial to the people. It states that the government can only do what the people tell it to do therefore, the government gets its powers from the people. The Constitution limits the governments powers so that the branches cannot overpower one another and the government cannot have too much power and control over the …show more content…
The Constitution has 27 amendments with the first 10 being the bill of rights. Amendment 1 reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,”. This means that we the people have the right to believe in any religion of our choice & we have the right to worship or practice our faith freely & no person can stop us from believing in what we choose to believe in. The government cannot promote any religion and the United States cannot create a national religion or show bias to one religion. They also cannot conduct religious test & religious test can never be required as a qualification to any office or public trust. The first amendment continues on and states, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances”. Freedom of speech is the right to participate in speech or action that is literary, political, artistic, or scientific. According to the Schenck v. United States case, the Holding of the Court says “Words … may become subject to prohibition when of such a nature and used in such circumstances as to create a clear and present danger” This meaning that we the people have the right to say anything we please as long as it doesn’t cause panic, harm, or threaten the public.
The Preamble of the Constitution states “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”. We the people formed the Constitution for all the reasons listed above. The Constitution is very beneficial to the people. It states that the government can only do what the people tell it to do therefore, the government gets its powers from the people. The Constitution limits the governments powers so that the branches cannot overpower one another and the government cannot have too much power and control over the …show more content…
The Constitution has 27 amendments with the first 10 being the bill of rights. Amendment 1 reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,”. This means that we the people have the right to believe in any religion of our choice & we have the right to worship or practice our faith freely & no person can stop us from believing in what we choose to believe in. The government cannot promote any religion and the United States cannot create a national religion or show bias to one religion. They also cannot conduct religious test & religious test can never be required as a qualification to any office or public trust. The first amendment continues on and states, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances”. Freedom of speech is the right to participate in speech or action that is literary, political, artistic, or scientific. According to the Schenck v. United States case, the Holding of the Court says “Words … may become subject to prohibition when of such a nature and used in such circumstances as to create a clear and present danger” This meaning that we the people have the right to say anything we please as long as it doesn’t cause panic, harm, or threaten the public.