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    The primary goals of the framers of the U. S. Constitution is to create a government that is strong enough to meet the needs of the nations (Patterson, 2013, p. 37). Furthermore, to form a government that would not frighten the presence of the separate states also a Congress attached to the states through elections (Patterson, 2013, p. 37). Moreover, to establish a government that would not jeopardize liberty, an objective pursued through an elaborate system of checks and balances (Patterson,…

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    States are entitled to liberty and freedom as set forth by the US Constitution. Or are we? The US Constitution contains a multitude of merits and for the most part, it does a great job of keeping our country in check, however some would argue that the merits are outweighed by a surprising number of demerits. One benefit in the US Constitution is the separation of powers, which also known as checks and balances. When writing the Constitution, James Madison took into consideration that one…

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    americans, nowadays we have the constitution to protect us from tyranny. After we gained independence from Britain we needed a strong government that would help from making the same mistakes that went wrong with Britain. Those rules, you may find, as the Constitution. How does the constitution protect against tyranny? The Constitution guards against tyranny because it separates power, Federalism and uses checks and balances. The first method the constitution protects against tyranny is…

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    six constitutions as a state since 1836. The current constitution became effective on February 15, 1876; and is the same constitution currently used. It is the second-longest serving constitution in the United States. The United States constitution being the first longest. Since February 1876, the Texas constitution has been amended 484 times and is made up of seventeen articles and 385 sections. The five previous constitutions occurred within a span of forty years. They are: The Constitution of…

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    Introduction The U.S Constitution, written in 1787 for an agricultural society now guides the political life of a massive urban society.(The Challenges of Democracy, 2014) This document was written by mass group of people seeking to revolute from British rules. This in turn is how Egypt came about independence from Britain in 1922. Just as the United States sought to start a new government free from British rules Egypt declared their independence by forming a constitution. (Egypt, 2014) This…

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    Article of Confederation were how it had no chief executive and no court system. In Philadelphia 1787, the Constitution was signed but James Madison was worried that the Constitution couldn’t create a government that was free of tyranny. How does the Constitution, a document that spells out the plan for the government, protect against tyranny, abuse of power by one person? The Constitution protects against tyranny by using separation of powers, checks and balance, and The Great Compromise. The…

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    The U.S. Constitution is a document that embraces the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. The preamble is a statement attached to the Constitution, it 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 the liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for…

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    1. Describe some of the principles behind the Constitution. Discuss how the separation of powers and checks and balances are supposed to operate. How did the Constitution arrange the power relationships between the national government and the states? There are several principles behind the United States constitution, such as popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of power, checks and balances, and federalism. Each principle has its own purpose but all work together to create a…

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    The Constitution was one of the most influential documents in the United State’s history, it established rules of the new country. Even though America was established in order to restart and get away from the British, they stole some parts of their own documents for the Constitution, such as the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, and the English Bill of Rights. The Magna Carta influenced the constitution by introducing the British’s idea of limiting the king from having too much power. The…

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    a system of checks and balances to ensure that no one branch would ever gain too much power. The U.S. Constitution established America’s national government and fundamental laws, while guaranteeing that certain basic rights for its citizens would be established and protected. It was signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates to the Constitutional Convention…

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