Article 10: Key To The Second Part Of The Constitution

The first ten Amendments of the Constitution are the Bill of Rights which is a formal statement announcing the rights that the people of the United States had against the government. At the time of its inception, the American people felt additional protection was needed from the federal government, especially after the Constitution was ratified. These protections were later extended by way of the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 (Davies, 1999).

The Constitution for the US has 7 Articles, and they are all very detailed. They help lead our country toward success and let us strive to be the best country that we can possibly be. It is crazy how they wrote it in the 1700’s, and we are now in the 2000’s and still obey it. The writers of it must have been genius’!

The Judicial Branch has also exerted is power to check the other branches and keep the balance

On the cold night of March 5th, 1770, a mob of American colonists were protesting outside the Customs House in Boston. One colonist threw a snowball hitting Private Hugh Montgomery. Montgomery replied with a shot into the crowd. This led the rest of the British Army soldiers to shoot into the crowd killing five people in an event that would later be known as the Boston Massacre (Foner and Garraty). After this protest, more and more taxes were levied against the colonies, particularly regarding tea. To add, trade with nations besides Great Britain was prohibited. These affronts were met with the tarring and feathering of British tax collectors and the infamous Boston Tea Party. As a result of this, Massachussetts was essentially ruled by martial law. This finally culminated with a declaration of independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776. The United States of America was formed.

The first three articles of the United States Constitution establish the three branches of the government. The first article is the legislative branch, the second the legislative branch, and the third is the judicial branch. Each is designed, so that no branch of government has too much power over the other branch. The branches generally need approval from one other branch to proceed with an item that is on their agenda. Without this balance one branch would have too much power in which would lop side the government on one side.

Thus, the Constitution was born. However, it was due to this fear that the Founders added the 10th Amendment to the Bill of Rights. The Founders recognized that though some components of the Bill of Rights appeared to limit federal powers— for example, the First Amendment’s decree that Congress could not make laws imposing upon freedom of speech— it could be argued that it was not explicitly stated and therefore not valid (Heritage). The creation of the 10th Amendment sought to prevent the exploitation experienced under British rule in order to bring fairness and balance under a new

The Tenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution does not reserve rights for the States that were not within their original powers. Arkansas claimed the principle of reserved powers as set forth in the Tenth Amendment allows the States to add qualifications that Congressional candidates elected within the State must meet, and that the amendment is not a qualification, but rather an acceptable use of the State’s power to regulate the “Times, Places, and Manner of Holding Elections” under Article I. The Supreme Court determined that the Tenth Amendment did not reserve this right for the States but determined that this Article only allowed the States to create procedural regulations, not to exclude classes of candidates. The Courts ruled that the

The United States government, adding Common Core to States and school systems, have broken the 10th Amendment of the Constitution. The government should not control the education standards. the powers not delegated to the Federal Government by the Constution are reserved to the States and the people respectively. The 10th Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights to regulate the power given to the Federal Government. However, the Federal Government overriden this by forcing Common Core into the school systems by saying the state will not be funded anymore if they

When watching the news, especially during and after a Presidential election, many different viewpoints can be seen. These views all seem equally important, yet are all based off of opinion—something of which all people have and are entitled to as Americans. However, certain viewpoints, such as the opinion that the President is given enough checks and balances to securely limit power, are more easily backed up by factual evidence than others. Evidence that goes along with this can be found in Article II Sections 2-4 of the Constitution, which was written by some of the founders of this country: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington on September 17, 1787. This document supports the opinion that the President’s

The tenth amendment of the Bill of Rights is about how the powers that are not given to the United States government in the Constitution are given either to the States or to the people. This means that the States or the people get the power that is not given to the government by the Constitution. For example, the right to abortion and marriage. Also the safety like CIA, federal marshals, driver's license and health for the people. Before many states did not allow gay/lesbian marriages now every state does. It was each state's decision to decide if they will allow gay/lesbian marriages. My argument for this amendment is that the government does not control everything so there is no tyranny and the states actually get to decide on something.

Article II, Section IV of the United States Constitution states that: “The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Throughout the course of American history, past Presidents have committed actions that have brought up the discussion and even started the process of impeachment from holding office. In the chapter “Impeachment in the Constitutional Order” by Jeffery K. Tulis, he talks about the differences between the legalistic and political interpretations of impeachment and how to properly use the process in a successful manner. Tulis states “how and why the impeachment process, far from politically irrelevant, is a vital attribute of the theoretical architecture of a well- functioning separation of powers regime” (Tulis 229).

An amendment is an article added to the US Constitution . There are 33 amendments in US constitution which have been adopted by the United States congress and constitution put into operation on March 4th 1789. First 10 amendments are called bills or rights.. It was created to guarantee the protection of the basic rights that citizen continue to enjoy.

In the 1700s when the United States had detached itself from British rule it was then seen as a plutocracy. The U.S established as a democracy; a government of the people and by the people. However, this establishment was in favor of the rich, educated, and powerful and anyone who was categorized or known as elites and it has remained in favor of these people ever since. Yes we can say we have witnessed variations and seen a semi-democratic rise in the past two centuries, but we have remained a plutocracy hidden behind the word that people use to cover its true identity, democracy. Those like the framers, the public opinion role, interest groups, and money all portray our hidden plutocracy.

The vesting clause and other clauses of Article II of the Constitution vaguely define the powers and duties of the President, allowing the presidential power to be flexible enough to adapt to times of national emergency. Through the system of checks and balances, the president’s immense powers are limited.

I believe the most important provisions articulated by the Constitution for the colonists is in Articles I and II. The first two articles outline how the government will be set up for the most part, and how it will be organized. I think these parts are the most important because it sets up the foundation of America and gives the colonists an idea of what they want and how things should work. The new system helps prevent a monarchy from taking over again, and gives a strict plan for how things will be run to ensure everyone is happy and nobody is mistreated. They also have a section dedicated to taxes so they can avoid unfair taxation, and avoid repeating the mistakes Great Britain made. Another important part is the section about making bills