Stephen B. Presser argues that “for the Framers of the Constitution the practice of politics was all about how to distribute power within the government in order to preserve private property, individual rights, and the rule of law which secured both.” The constitution has kept these rights for not just the majority but also the minority people of the United States of America. The framers wanted a self-government that would balance power so that the minorities would not lose these rights. The check and balance system of our country has held true despite the party system that our framers despised greatly. The framers believed that the party system would not be helpful to our government, but the minorities have more power today and there are more parties than ever in history. In our countries early history, minorities struggled with rights. African Americans became enslaved and had no rights whatsoever. …show more content…
Affirmative action from the 1960s is still used extensively in the twenty-first century especially in the workplace and college world. Congress today is fewer white and less male. Congress used to be composed of fewer minorities until the late twentieth century. If the public believes that their rights are being hindered, they will try to push agenda. The minorities have pushed many not agreeable agenda and use the excuse of being a minority and use the constitution to back up their cause. For example, in 2015 the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in the case Obergefell vs. Hodge. Abortion was also legalized in the United States in the case of Roe vs. Wade in 1973 because of the women’s pro-choice movement during this time. The constitution has been used in many ways to prove debated things as constitutional; however, the main purpose of the constitution of protecting the people’s rights has been held
The Founding Fathers created the United States government believing in permanent liberty and democracy for America’s citizens. The Framers were highly opposed of political parties because it threatens unity among the country. Political parties develop people’s political opinions, resulting in polarization of government. Polarization is a large and defined division between parties. Congress’ polarization is growing, while American citizens’ polarization is less pronounced in most of the United States.
The Constitutional framers would never have believed how much power the President of the United States has obtained to this present day. Based off their work, it seems as if the framers expected Congress to have the vast majority of power. It is true that Congress still has maintained some of their power; yet, as a collective society we tend to place our sole interest on the president and magnify on all his accomplishments and especially on all his losses (sometimes even blaming him for events that are out of his jurisdiction). Nonetheless, the president has gained quite a remarkable amount of power over the years and it is highly noticeable when analyzing differences in the institutions, the policies, and culturally.
They say majority rules and that couldn’t be more true in our society today. In order for the minority to be protected by the majority the U.S Constitution was written. Amendments in the constitution were put together to protect the U.S citizens. Federalist papers were written by James Madison, go through what responsibilities the government has to take on for its citizens.
James Madison and the rest of the Founders of the Constitution undeniably founded a government that has withstood the test of time. The question that Robert Dahl poses in How Democratic Is the American Constitution? is whether this form of government and specifically the Constitution is as democratic as it should be and focuses on the Constitution’s shortcomings. Dahl argues that the constitution is much less democratic than it ought to be. Madison, on the other hand, had doubts about the effectiveness and practicality of a purely democratic form of government and fought for a republic with checks on power.
On June 17th 2015, in Charleston S.C., where the roads are named after confederate generals, 21 year old Dylann Roof wore a Rhodesian badge, as he shot nine african americans in the Emanuel Church in hope of “igniting a civil war”. (Jessica Glenza; The guardian) Previously that year Roof, had been arrested and banned from a public mall, in march for a drug charge and in April for trespassing. In his case file it states that he was found in possession of narcotics to treat his drug addiction. It was also noted that he had an obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, despite these factors, Roof was still able to personally purchase the gun from a retail gun store in charleston because of lapses in the FBI background check system, (Ellen
Beard, a professor of politics at Columbia University, was a step by step history expert committed to reforming the federal government to save American democracy from what he considered to be the unfair treatment of a system where people own money and valuable things, known as capitalism. Charles Beard presents evidence in “Framing the Constitution that the people who helped write the Constitution of the Constitution were less interested in helping the advancement of democratic ways of thinking in protecting private property and the interests of the rich class.
The framers of the Constitution regarded the right to free speech as a great standard they decided to make free speech the First Amendment. If society is limited to talk openly, one can 't safeguard freedom of speech. Can you imagine a scenario in which the rights and everything that is freedom is gone? The right to speak freely gives us the capacity to convey thoughts without government control. The right to speak freely enables a person’s capacity to think and to express thoughts in different methods for making yourself heard, including written, verbal speeches, books, and or taped material. That is why music has changed, it is not restricted like it used to be in the past. The right to speak freely secures all speech, however offensive or disliked the speech may be, the speech is ensured. It is the insurance of freedom. By leaving the zone of correspondence absolutely free, it gives one a chance to save our individual rights and opportunities. No private activity qualifies as restriction: the refusal to pay a consideration on others or to give them a stage to talk is an act of free speech and does not mean the privilege of free speech has been taken away. Only on the grounds that you have something to say, it doesn 't mean anybody needs to hear you out. A considerable lot of the films, books, TV shows and music Americans appreciate regular are just accessible in America in light of our First Amendment rights. One 's right to speak freely through self- expression as a
Okay, so we know that the article of Confederation just wasn’t cutting it and we needed something to help us out a little more with our way of running the country. Well that is where the new constitution comes in. The Constitution not only breaks down our role with the government it made our relationship better. Now that we have amendments we have more defined freedom to express our roles as American citizens. Even though we took a lot of principles from England and analyzed the way they ran their country we still do not want to be under British rule again so that is why James Madison and others went back to work on giving us a better way of life and a new constitution. Now instead of us all having to struggle within our own state we can work
And while rules and dogmas have kept certain minorities from those rights in America's infancy. Remember they were achieved by average day Americans. Whether it was during the Civil War, Women's Suffrage, WWII, or the Civil Rights movements of the 1960's. There were rough spots in our history that much
The United States constitution was written in 1787 by the founding fathers of this country. Now it might be appropriate to question why a document that is the basis of the government for one of the most culturally and racially diverse countries in the world, was written by a group of heterosexual, cisgender, rich, white men. Some might think that a constitution written well over 200 years ago would be outdated and irrelevant to the American society of today but with some research, it is quite the contrary. The constitution was designed to be molded and amended to be able to protect the rights of each and every American throughout the ever-changing society. This document keeps the national government from obtaining too much power and possibly becoming a tyranny. Since the constitution has been so successful in obtaining a functioning government through all these years, many other countries have used this very document as the groundwork for their own constitutions and governments.
The United States constitution was a document intended to replace the Articles of Confederation which gave the state governments an abundance of power and the national government an insufficient amount of power.The constitution is built on the idea of federalism which is the division of power between the national and state government. There is no question that the Constitution is an effective governing document considering it splits up the powers between state and federal government, as well as creating checks and balances which splits up powers between the three branches of the Federal government. The constitution today still exemplifies the separation of powers between the national and state government as well as the powers split between the branches of government within congress.
Throughout the 20th Century, American colleges and universities gained the reputation of being bastions of free speech and the discussion of ideas. While universities in Europe became less and less free, cowering to political correctness, American universities fiercely debated every major issue that faced the country. Most importantly though, liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, Atheists and Christians, all believed in the spread of ideas, and free expression. However, while our institutions of higher learning remain significantly freer than their European counterparts, that reputation of freedom of speech is in doubt. Students and faculty are increasingly resentful towards anyone they deem to be perpetuating hate speech, a term that has spun wildly out of control. The Framers of the Constitution certainly never wished that their great experiment of a nation would succumb to the suppression of those with unpopular ideas, especially at the places in which children are expected to become adults, and explore new, and often provocative ideas. (I wonder) Whether it 's the 40% of millennials who believe "hate speech" should be banned by the government, the screaming at and uninviting speakers with conservative beliefs, or the fear of speaking out,, the First Amendment is under attack in 2016, but is not yet lost. This generation will have to choose whether or not they want an Orwellian government that dictates what is and isn 't an acceptable belief. The First
With all the research I have been doing on who had the greatest influence and a historical event on the writing of the U.S. Constitution. Our founding fathers studied the events for their past and learned for what they thought was wrong.
The Preamble is perhaps the first term that comes to mind to most people when hearing the term, Constitution. Nearly two centuries ago, the Founding Fathers gathered together to lay the foundation for a new nation and wrote the Constitution. The Constitution is our foundation. It forms our government, and how we are governed. Before adopting the Constitution, the United States lived under the Articles of Confederation, which established a weak central government and left most power in the hands of the individual states. To eradicate the power of individual states, our Founding Fathers established a strong central government that received its sovereignty directly from the people and was therefore more powerful than the state governments. As the opening statement, “We the People” emphasizes that the nation is to be ruled by the people because we are all one nation rather than being ruled by a kind or a dictator.
This article argues the importance of celebrating the Constitution day. Celebrating this day will bring the people of the United States the knowledge and remembrance of recognizing one of the most important days in our country. This article explains that the Constitution was a movement of education. There are some opinions about the Constitution Day proposal by a military general and governors. This article tries to persuade others on how to use this day to understand what are our rights stated in the Constitution. This article showed me learned something new that I did not know, because we currently do not celebrate this day as a calendar holiday. This article clearly explains the process on how observing this day and makes it important not