1781. This, however, did not create a satisfactory government due to problems like uneven distribution of powers. Due to this, in 1787, a convention gathered to revise the Articles of Confederation, which ultimately lead to the creation of the Constitution, which was supposed to fix the problems in the Articles of Confederation. One of the first major problems with the Articles of Confederation was the way it divided Congress. In the Articles of Confederation, each state only had one vote. It…
Interpretation of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The United States Constitution is a very carefully, well thought out document. It is designed to establish a national government adequately strong and flexible enough to meet the needs of the Republic, yet limited to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens of the United States of America. The Constitution allows a balance between a nation’s need for order and the individual American’s right to freedom. The United States…
The Constitution established a strong central government that reflected upon history and was open to change during times of urgency. It worked upon the failures of the Articles of Confederation, which displayed a weak central government and depended upon the states. The Constitution had strong central government, coming from its articles which points out parts of government and their equally distributed powers. Flexibility of change was established through amendments, but in a way that the…
(1803), when Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall assumed that power from the legislator. Marbury v Madison made it clear that the Supreme Court had claimed Judicial Supremacy in deciding unconstitutionality. In the book, Taking Away the Constitution From the Courts, author Mark Tushnet argues, “Doing away with judicial review would have one clear effect: It would return all constitutional decision-making to the people acting politically. It would make populist constitutional law the only…
When the delegates were ratifying the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. began to divide over whether the constitution was a really that great for the country or not. There were Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Federalists supported the constitution, and the Anti-Federalists were against it. The Federalists were supporters of the U.S. Constitution because they needed a strong central government to protect their country. On August 1, 1786, George Washington wrote a letter to John Jay about how the…
colonial states, the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, two starkly contrasting groups of state delegates, had gathered to discuss a new Constitution to replace the failed Articles of Confederation. Namely, the delegates had debated as to whether or not the new ruleset should have taken effect, as they possessed highly dissimilar viewpoints regarding the Constitution. There were several Anti-Federalist arguments against the Constitution’s ratification, alongside numerous counterarguments by the…
I believe that even though there were positive aspects of the constitution , the government it created was unjust because it greatly limited democracy and protected slavery . There are many reasons why it was unjust. One reason it was unjust was because it was suppose to guarantee citizens rights that were meant to be followed but weren't and citizens not penalized . The constitution had a lot of positive aspects tho , like what it provided . It provided 3 branches Legislative , Executive and…
a. Magna Carta. The first written constitution in European history was the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta represents freedom from oppression and was an influence on our Founders of America showing liberty as they separated from the England. It protects the freedoms from unlawful searches and seizures, a right to a speedy trial, a right to a jury trial in both a criminal and a civil case, and protection from loss of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. b. Mayflower Compact. The…
with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.” This quote, said by Abraham Lincoln, clearly describes one of America’s main duties, which is to not interfere with the Constitution and uphold the Constitution. But as you look at what America is doing today, you will find that the that the United States’ government is not doing such a splendid job at upholding the principles of government established in the Constitution and Declaration…
How Does the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny? How do you think the Constitution guards against tyranny? Do you think it was difficult to frame a government to guard against one specific problem? In the year 1787 in Philadelphia a group of men were faced with the task of writing a new Constitution for America, but this task proved to be difficult. The two main challenges they faced were that the new constitution had to override the Articles of Confederation and it had to guard against one…