United States Constitution

The battle to ratify the constitution quickly fell into two camps; the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The Federalists defended ratification of the constitution as it was written with the Anti-Federalists arguing against ratification for a number of reasons. The battle lines had been drawn, however, the arguments were far from consolidated; especially within the camp of the Anti-Federalists. Additionally, both sides took to media outlets to argue their positions where the written word on…

The Constitution is the most important document to be written in the history of the United States government. Even today the Constitution is vital to the way that the government functions. However before the Constitution was written in 1787, the people in the United States lived very differently. From the time that the United States was first founded and Settled it was run by the British government. As America continued to grow and prosper, the people began to rebel against the British rule.…

According to chapter four, the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects all citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures of property (personal or otherwise) by law enforcement officers, hence the requirement of a search warrant. A search warrant is issued by a judge and is used to authorize law enforcement officers to search a particular location and seize specific items, most often suspected evidence. The first and by far the most important step in obtaining a search…

United States is an Independent nation, a nation governed by the people and for the people there for the Sovereign in the United State of America are the citizen of the united of America. The constitution was written to be held as the supreme law of the land. They also wrote the constitution because they feared that the newly free country might turn in to country with a “leviathan” government. Constitution of then United State of America gave limited power to the government and the rest to the…

Preamble Vs. Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation was the first Constitution of the United States, but the Preamble of the Constitution is more significant, due to the fact that the Preamble is by far more successful in representing the people. Although both the Preamble and Articles of Confederation share the same moral of forming a perfect union, both documents contain differences. Both the Articles of Confederation and the Preamble have differences, including the…

During the 1780s a series of problems arose in the United States pointing out the flaws in the Constitution. The inability to issue taxes and rebellions of poor white farmers left the United States in a serious crisis. Although these issues posed a serious problem at the time, they provided the much needed provisions to shape the newly formed government. When the United States was first formed, the government had no power to issue taxes on the people. This lead to the country falling further…

The Constitution was created for our liberty, justice, and pursuit of happiness. The Articles of Confederation had some flaws that needed to be fixed by this new plan of government. Framers wanted the government to have a set of rules for the nation avoiding the abuse of power. In 1789, the United States Constitution was adopted creating a framework for a powerful national government that for more than 200 years has protected the nation’s interests and preserve national unity (Ginsberg, Benjamin…

upholding the basic principles of the Constitution is through Federalism. Federalism, is the sharing of power between national and state governments. There were different forms of Federalism used by the United States, over time. From the Dual Federalism in which their are two distinct separate powers for the national and state power, in 18-20th centuries. To, Cooperative Federalism, in which its like a marble cake, because it mixes the powers of the national and state powers, which was used in…

How did the Constitution guard against tyranny? In the summer of 1787, delegates met to fix the government that was under the very weak Articles of Confederation which was causing a lot of problems. They decided to create the Constitution and tried to make sure that tyranny would not be possible. The constitution guarded against tyranny by practicing federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, and representative democracy. Federalism in the constitution helps guard against tyranny…

at both the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution, in general they might look similar due to the fact that they were both created for the same reason. Although, if you examine both documents closely, the difference in details begin to become apparent. The Articles of Confederation is “the first basis for the new nation’s government” (pg 64), therefore, there are bound to be similarities between the current Constitution of the United States since they were both crafted with the…