Benedictine Confederation

A constitution is a body of rules for which the Government regulates a state. A constitution regulates the relationship between the state and its citizens, it is sometimes a document with the principle rules that structure the functions of the Government as in the US Constitution . Constitutional conventions are considered to be historical customs that will determine what happens in certain situations regarding the constitution, or as described by the Cabinet Manual as constitutional…

October 1777, John Dickinson wrote the Articles of Confederation. Their first attempted at federalism was politically weak, born from their horror of a strong central government. It gave the states more power then the federal government (figure 1), creating a weak economy, relating to the fact that the federal government could not require taxes from the states. Consequently, because of lack of unity between state, the the Articles of Confederation also weakened America’s foreign policy, as each…

phrase “We the People...”. Although the Constitution had been conceived by the founding fathers of the new nation, its primary goal was to convey, to its citizens, an image of a strong Republic. To replace and surpass the infamous Articles of Confederation and “[ ] form a more perfect union...”. This meant the country was on the brink of reaching a stable yet manageable government. The Preamble also described its means of; establishing justice, securing peace among state lines, contributing to…

Mercy Otis-Warren was among the first influential women in America. She was opposed to many things that the Federalist Americans brought about including many forms of the constitution and the Federalist Party. Warren in many aspects proved that she could create a better form of both the government and the constitution through the eighteen viewpoints listed in her writing, she expressed thoughts of the constitution and the federalist party that portrayed an evil like presence to the newly founded…

Protects Against Tyranny Had The Constitution not guarded against tyranny, society as we know it today would be very different. James Madison tried to create a better law system because the Articles of Confederation did not support their government. The cause of their weakness lies in the fact that they did not have a court system nor a Chief Justice. While writing The Constitution, Madison’s biggest concern was that one branch or person was going to have power over the other branches. If…

Isabelle Verbitskiy The Articles of confederation, it failed when they thought it would work, they had consequences that they didn’t think about having. Sadly, there were no taxes which lead to no money. (Claim #2, society), the government had no money to collect taxes, there was Shay’s Rebellion, and they tried to take land Rebellion. Power of control and fear can overcome a person. There was the change to the constitution out of fear that the articles of confederation were not strong enough. …

Although the writers of the Brutus essays understood the importance of amending the Articles of Confederation, they nonetheless opposed the ratification of the Constitution. The Anti-Federalist, who wrote the “Brutus” essays in response to the Federalist Papers, were concerned about a powerful centralized government, individual rights and equal representation. In the first of the Brutus essays, the Anti-Federalist articulate their concerns about a strong federal government. The second of the…

The development of the two-party system that gradually settled into the partisan politics of modern-day United States was entirely unintended by the Founding Fathers. The primary root of the nation itself, the Constitution, does not mention the need nor want for this political system. Moreover, George Washington, the first president of the United States, directly and clearly mentioned his opposition against this then-hypothetical situation of the system in his Farewell Address. A little…

Is the “domestic violence exception” valid? As human beings, we are endowed with inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. However, while this statement is pleasing to the ear, when applied to real-life situations, it becomes unclear as to what actions are allowed to be taken in order to preserve such ‘inalienable rights’. This problem stems from the assumption that all rights are universal. Yet, there is the need for specific rights which vary among different nations…

of society. To this day leader-types, political parties, politicians, Special Interests, Lobbyists still hate 1776, hate what came from 1776: the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation that kept the Declaration alive and 1776 in place. The rock of 1776, the Articles of Confederation had a core objective, one guarantee: that a central authority would not be the power, that a federal govt. would be a lesser to the state governments. Federal politicians would not have the…