United States Constitution

The United States Constitution was created for various amount of reasons. It is what makes up most of the US history and government. One of the reasons for the constitution was to bring together the 13 colonies after becoming free from the British. They have used the Articles of Confederation as a fix but then realized that it was not a permanent solution and was not a prospering system for all the states they set out to make a better and stronger central…

originally came together in 1787 to amend the Articles of Confederation, but instead rewrote the entire constitution. They defined the responsibilities of each branch of the federal government, and assumed that Congress would fill in any holes within the constitution as they arose by proposing amendments (Lessig, 2014). According to Thomas Jefferson, “No society can make a perpetual constitution” (Lessig, 2014). However, in the 228 years of the Constitution’s existence there have only been 27…

Framers wrote the Constitution. They did everything possible to create a government that would protect the people’s rights. For example, James Madison, famously known as the author of the Constitution, wrote about topics such as federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, and other subjects in his series of essays called The Federalist. All of these subjects were written about later in the Constitution, in a desperate attempt to protect the newly created United States, from another…

The United States Constitution is the basic law that defines how our nation’s government should behave. Prior to its ratification, the Articles of Confederation were the basic law in America, and they were weak; rebellions against the United States militia happened more than once, and at the Philadelphia Convention, the Framers realized the pressing need for an entirely new constitution, not just amendments to the Articles. It took months to finish, but on September 17, 1787, the document was…

The effects that the separation of powers in the United States Constitution have upon governmental stability and efficiency is that the United States Constitution is indeed the most ideal, oldest and most efficient national constitution their is in the world. The effect of the separation of powers in the United States Constitution is the equality, or fairness it brings to the people because they can instill their trust among their government, and not have to worry about one branch wielding more…

In the United States of America, citizens recognize that there are certain rights that they can count on and that their very agreement to follow the laws of the nation solidifies their protection of these rights. The Constitution of the United States was composed in an effort to ensure that the rights could not be violated under by any individual or any government entity. These rights were an extension of the Declaration of Independence that sought to provide all men with fundamental rights.…

Instances of inequality, especially in regard to status, rights, and opportunities, trace back to the birth of the nation, specifically, the constitution and Federalism. Prior to the constitutional convention of 1787, in late 1786, Daniel Shays led an armed insurrection through the Massachusetts countryside, shutting down courthouses to stop foreclosure proceedings. Colonial elites, horrified by the threat to their wealth and power, sought to reform the government, concerned with protecting…

The United States Constitution is one of the shortest, longest standing, and most ambiguous constitutions in the world. This document establishes a democratic republic of many states under one federal government. In outlining the responsibilities and powers of each branch of the government and how they relate to state governments, many questions are left unanswered. Though this constitution outlines legislation’s role fairly clearly, it is far too vague concerning executive and judicial roles…

The United States constitution divides the federal government into three branches, Legislative, Judicial and Executive. The founders of the Constitution divided the governmental power between the states, the federal government, and between the three branches at the federal level in order to prevent tranny. The authority and responsibilities of the three branches are not well defined by the constitution. The founders intended for the federal government to have limited powers and the states to…

The United States government was created to have three equal branches, the judicial, executive, and legislative and was helped by the writing of the Constitution by James Madison. Even with these practices established, many Presidents and the government have decided and shaped United States politics by how they interpret and analyze the Constitution. Over the course of United States history all of the different political parties that arise read the Constitution in different ways and believe the…