Article One of the United States Constitution

ratification of the Constitution By the author of the third antifederalist paper it was written, “all human authority, however organized, must have confined limits, or insolence and oppression will prove the offspring of its grandeur, and the difficulty or rather impossibility of escape prevents resistance.” By the end of the Revolutionary War, the colonists began to realize that the government established under the Articles of Confederation was insufficient, America needed a new government. One…

separated into different branches, so that no one person or institution could have absolute or undivided power. This system would allow three branches to make, interpret and carry out the law. The idea behind separation of powers is to maintain rule of law. The founding fathers believed that if these powers were given to a single entity, tyranny would be a very possible outcome. The legislative, or lawmaking branch is Congress. Article I of the constitution explains how it would be set up, and…

Becoming President of the United States is no easy task. While it is one of the top honors a person can have, it requires superior knowledge about government and the legal system. Several people run for president but only one can be elected. In the upcoming 2016 election, Ted Cruz is one of the candidates running for office. To some, he is seen as a controversial applicant because he was born outside of the United States. Because of this, many people speculate that he is not eligible for…

The Constitution, ratified in 1787, gave the nation a significant structure for the three branches and laws of the United States government. The Constitution and the Bill of rights helped the United states achieve its goal of freedom, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Bill of Rights, also known as the first ten amendments of the Constitution, allow the citizens basic legal rights.These rights appear everyday in basic life: they are in headlines of the newspaper, petitions, and in…

branch of the United States government. Congress has the power to tax, spend, make laws, and even make declarations of war. While the executive and judicial branches often work independently of Congress (sometimes even proceeding in complete opposition), the Constitution grants far more powers to Congress, making the legislative branch the most power branch in government. The Framers of the constitution recognized that the legislative branch would have the most power in the United States. They…

Arguments for a codified constitution The doctrine of Separation of Powers is designed to ensure that power is distributed fairly between institutions within the government. Today, there is much speculation about the amount (if any) of checks and balances made in the process of enacting and Act of Parliament. “The present constitution as it has evolved in recent times has become one of ‘elective dictatorship’, lacking separation in powers between executive, legislature and judiciary, and a…

between the branches and how no one branch was more powerful than another. In my opinion this was very ingenious. No branch could have more power than another branch. During this unit I learned a lot about the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation allotted a lot of power to the states and less power to the central government. The central government had to ask the states to do things. The central government could only make treaties and such. The Articles of Confederation didn't…

Madison’s Federalist Paper #10 has been revered as the basic fundamental for political power in the constitution, I believe there is more to the story. Federalist Paper #10 discusses factions (groups of people who have interests not identical to that of an overall society) and how to prevent them from abusing their political power. He believes there are “two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects.” Madison realizes that…

Intro: The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution, written by David O. Stewart, describes the grueling process of the ratification of the constitution and provides detailed analyses of the events that occurred during the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787. Stewart is an experienced author and lawyer. He wrote The Lincoln Deception, which examines the unknown facts about the John Wilkes Booth conspiracy. Stewart has written several books that explain his understanding…

The Constitution: How does it guard against tyranny The constitution guards against tyranny because the constitution is less compact than tyranny. Federalism guards against tyranny because federalism has separate branches and governments. Many believed that the constitution wasn’t helping keep order. Under the articles of confederation there was no chief executive. Neither was there a court system. There wasn’t even a way for the central government to force a state to pay taxes. The states serve…