United States Constitution

of the Constitution of the United States resented the strict control that the American colonies' British rulers had imposed over ideas and information they did not like. They determined that the power of knowledge should be placed in the hands of the people. To insure a healthy and uninhibited flow of information, they included freedom of the press among the basic human rights protected in the new nation's Bill of Rights. These first 10 Amendments to the Constitution of the United States became…

of the United States Constitution and was the original grant of power to Congress by the people to regulate interstate commerce. The clause is short and simply states “Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several States, and with the Indian tribes” (The U.S. Constitution, 1788). Though the language seems clear in its meaning, in the 240 year history of the United States the clause has been interpreted and its powers expanded by the United States…

speaking, a constitution is defined as “the fundamental principles of a government and the basic structures and procedures by which the government operates to fulfill those principles” (Harrison, et al. p. 34). Constitutions may be written or unwritten, and serve to outline a government’s basic procedures of operation, as aforementioned. In the United States, there are two different types of constitutions: a constitution for each state, written by each state, and a single federal constitution.…

To begin a constitution is the fundamental laws of a state which sets out how that state will be organized and the powers and authorities of government between different political units and citizens. The United States Constitution only had two constitution throughout history, the Articles of Confederation and the current one that we still use today. It was created to overcome the Articles of Confederation weaknesses, to offer centralization, and to have more power in the government. It was…

government of the United States. Madison’s Report on the Virginia Resolutions upholds the notion of popular sovereignty and the idea that Congress can not, in any shape or form, infringe upon the freedom of speech and the press. James Madison’s report emphasizes the fact that the United States, unlike Great Britain, is a self-governing democracy, and that this form of government entails the freedom of speech and the press, an idea that is also illustrated by the preamble of the Constitution. …

The Constitution is the document that is the basis of our modern government. The Constitution was ratified in 1787, and was written by a community of founding fathers. The document was written primarily to correct the faults of the Articles of Confederation. However, the Constitution has faced scrutiny in recent days with people doubting the legitimacy of amendments that are more than 200 years old. Whether or not the claims of illegitimacy are true, the Constitution is still the document in…

are reserved for the state government and its constituents. However all state governments mimic that of their federal counterpart, and subsequently they all follow the same organized system using three, equal in power and authority branches consisting of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; this system is known as the separation of powers. It can be observed, by definition and by what has just been stated, that the government system employed by the United States Government is that…

founding fathers of the United States Constitution met in the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to create a new government for the United States. They had decided to create an entirely new constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation, which were considered weak. The main purpose of the Constitution was to create a new government that would be able to sustain a state and not have too much power to do unnecessary things. The Constitution of the United States was shaped by many…

This paper argues the existence of the separation of powers within the United States’ government today. Accordingly, it reviews published primary sources including documents and journals. This paper looks at the works of many prominent publishers such as Frank E. Gannet, Leslie and Wynell Burroughs, National Constitution Center, the Constitution of the United States, National Conference of State Legislatures, Parlament and National Archives. While this paper shows that the separation of powers…

Young in “The Pressure of the People on the Framers of the Constitution.”2 Young focuses on the different motivations of the framers, while the point that Rakove is trying to make is how the framers of the Constitution of the United States3 , regardless of motivation, sought to include the common people in the affairs of the government by making political office accessible to citizens. The Constitution is designed to provide United States citizens an opportunity to run for office regardless of…