Necessary and Proper Clause

and evolved in many different ways. Supreme Court rulings and new legislation can always flip the power play between the state and federal governments. For example, meant to be interpreted to execute enumerated powers, the ruling of the Necessary and Proper Clause by Justice Marshall gave Congress far more powers than those stated in the Constitution. Policies such as the New Deal allowed the federal government’s power to greatly expand. And with a national government that shares power with…

sure that the Constitution set up a government that has numerous checks and balances to prevent majority rule. Each of the branches of government – executive, legislative, judicial – checks and balances another. Checks and balances are extremely necessary in a representative democracy like in America. Although factions generally balance out, governing bodies need checks against corruption. Checks and balances help in smoothing out the microcosm of a representative government. There are also…

believe that this is necessary or helpful. The video spends a lot of time pointing out what people do wrong, but very little time teaching them how to fix it. What about the people who have not had luxury of a solid educational environment due to low economic status or health issues? I don’t think watching this video is going to make them instantly better at grammar, but it will probably make them feel bad about themselves. In reality, I think many people have a decent grip of proper grammar,…

Proper Interpretation (Meese) The interpretation of the Constitution has been a controversial issue between people in the government. In A Jurisprudence of Original Intention by Edwin Meese III, Meese provides an article with the intention of telling his audience the importance of interpreting the Constitution properly. Meese highlights the idea that all courts in the United States have to base their decisions strictly from the Constitution. It is evident that Meese wants a strict…

Although celebrated as a pioneering democracy, the United States devised a system of government that deviates from purely democratic principles through the Constitution. That is, when assessing the intentions of the framers, the Constitution’s premeditated deviation from an absolute popular rule establishes a system of governance that prioritizes the security of American liberties. Moreover, by examining the nuances of the Constitution through the framers’ lenses, the departure from purely…

external to them. Aristotle, for instance, asserts that if the upward movement of a light thing and the downward movement of a heavy thing are caused by themselves, then why these things cannot move themselves toward the opposite directions of their proper places without being externally forced. To be more specific, Aristotle asks why fire does not move downward or why earth does not move upward by themselves. He then concludes that unlike living bodies like animals, these four elements are not…

Federalism Development throughout the years In this article we address the various forms of federalism and how they emerged and developed in US history. My thesis is, Federalism is a changing system that morphs to fit the needs of major issues the government may face. Since the beginning and formation of the United States there has been a governing system in place. The US started out as unorganized confederation of states with a system consisting of most of the power belonging to the states…

for they were wary that a too-powerful President would repeat the wrongs that the King of England had inflicted on the colonies” (Hamilton). The essential reason on why Congress was made is to limit the power of the president and to use the “necessary and proper…

In the 1790s, Thomas Jefferson, who supported a solid state and local government, helped establish the Democratic-Republican Party along with James Madison to restrict Hamilton's Federalist Party, which upheld for a powerful national government with expansive controls over the economy. After his election in 1801, Thomas Jefferson, to a large extent, altered his earlier philosophy as he took upon Federalist actions by purchasing Louisiana, passing the Embargo Act and going to war with the Barbary…

capitals new location on the Potomac River to fit the passage of Hamilton’s financial plan. The third chapter, The Silence, was over the African slave trade which by constitution was immoral as quoted clause “the Constitution empowered the congress to take action possible and “necessary and proper” to eliminate the stigma of traffic in human beings” (83). The fourth chapter, The Farewell on Washington’s retirement and stepping down from office after serving for two terms. The fifth chapter on…