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Framers Of The Constitution: Article Analysis

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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

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