The Constitution Of The United States

Numerous sources concur with the thesis that the Iroquois Constitution had a strong influence on the founding fathers. One of the first historical recognitions recorded by the European colonists of the Iroquois Confederacy was by the Dutch, after they had allied with a neighboring tribe that challenged the Five Nations in 1624. (McIntosh 22) That alliance baffled the Iroquois, because they had no issues with the Dutch and did not understand their involvement. Following victory by the Iroquois, they assembled a Two Row Wampum belt to explain the Great Laws of Peace to the newcomers and acknowledge mutual respect. That Wampum belt was white, with two purple rows down the middle. The rows depicted the straight courses that each group of people was responsible for steering to maintain peace, indicating that neither side should attempt to interfere with or force upon the other laws, traditions, languages or religious beliefs. ("Official website of the Mohawk Nation ")

There are many similarities between the constitution and the principles of the Iroquois. Researchers Vine Deloraia, Bruce Johnson, and Donald Grind have found that the very foundation of both sets of principles mirror each other (Johansen 1998:79):

After the door-keepers, the notion is given to the Oneida who then send it to the Cayuga and these two are the “Younger Brothers” (mpm.edu). Lastly, the Onondaga review the notion; they are known as the “fire-keepers” of the tribe. So after everyone and their chiefs review their soon to be law there is only one way of making it a law and that is with all six nations agreeing unanimously and if one chief is to say no, then it will not become a law for the Iroquois. (mpm.edu).

The United States Constitution provides the National Government three distinctive branches of government: the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial Branch, each with its own form of powers, duties and roles. Separation of powers and duties within the branches enable them to check and balance one another as well as balance the authority of the other two.

The United States Constitution is filled to the brim with ambiguous language that people continue to debate the meaning of. There is one thing, however, the document makes very clear: the legislature legislates and the executive executes. Claims that President Obama has abused his power by passing DACA and DAPA completely ignore this fact. In reality, the president, as head of the executive branch, absolutely has the power to use prosecutorial discretion in how he or she executes the laws.

The U.S. Constitution laid out the ground work of how we run our country, and the processes we must go through to make our country strong and intact. When it comes to the steps that must be followed in passing a bill into law, the Constitution of the United States tells us in Article 1 Section 7 the appropriate steps to get this accomplished. The legwork and the approval process can be quite lengthy to get a bill passed into law, as it must go through certain stages before it can become official.

The Constitution was written with one principal issue in mind: factions. This central point of tension within any government has remained a founding principle in the United States, and a strong national government is the answer to this issue. By creating a representative and balanced national core the country is given the best chances to avoid tyranny. While these ideals have worked well in the United States, the Constitution has fallen short of its original goals. Control of the US is now placed in a two party system, and too often in corporate control, both factions inadequately checked by the current system. A document rooted in 200 year old ideology has seen its time come and go, and today the nation needs a new base, founded on the

The Constitution helped the United States of America move forward in progressiveness and equality through several ways. It provided the citizens of America with basic rights and liberties through the Bill of Rights. It helped to make a stronger central government that could protect the governed by raising arms in defense. It helped secure a democratic government and prevent it from turning into a tyranny or dictatorship. In doing this the Constitution has managed to become the single most important document in American history.

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 United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.”-Franklin D. Roosevelt. In order to make “the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written”(Roosevelt) it took multiple modifications, and approximately 116 days to complete. The reason for the creation of the Constitution was to not let any government or any person become too powerful. The other purpose of the constitution was to resolve disputes between the federal government and the state government. In the first versions of the Constitution, there were many examples of what the government was allowed to do, but there were not any examples of what the government was not allowed to

The constitution, the governing document of the United States, virtually perfect in its creation and given life through the thoughts, worries, and dreams of a few great and very intelligent men, it can be said to be the living law of the land, one that has grown and matured with society and the world of today. This document has performed amazingly in its ability to represent the people of its time and to allow room for interpretation of law in combination with society to allow it to continue to represent the people of the future. Created out of the desperation to preserve a struggling country, this document has been mirrored by others in order to create or recreate governments in many parts of the world. Still, despite of this, it seems that many in power within the United States at this time appear to struggle with the proper interpretation of this living law of the land, and instead manipulate government to achieve personnel agendas or personnel benefit in some fashion, while turning a near blind eye to any influence of constitutionality. So, in response to this, I feel that three amendments should be added to this great document, one out of the spirit of redundancy to illustrate the obvious, and the other two out of necessity to address issues of integrity and stability within government and society. These amendments reflect the issues of term limits to those within Congress, a religious freedom protection clause, and an American Integrity clause; the effects and

In this world we live in the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States is very important. Without the Amendments Constitution to protect us, the citizens our rights, this world would be very hard to live in. I am glad that the Constitution is around and available, thanks to our Founding Fathers, we have a rulebook for almost everything we can think of. To me, the most important part of the Constitution is the Amendments, as it should be there to protect us the citizens. My focus on this essay is our Second Amendment, to find out the real meaning of it and our rights. I am here to dissect the real meaning of the second Amendment “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed”. What does the statement really mean? How are we protected by the Second Amendment? Was the Second Amendment made for us in mind or for the government’s own protection? That’s what this research paper is all about, I’m here to find out everything and anything I can.

The American Constitution is “a system of basic laws and principles that establish the nature, functions and limits of a government or other institution” (Harr, Hess & Orthmann, 2012). The purpose of the Constitution was to make it so that no single person would be able to have power over all others. Before the Constitution even came about, there was the first development of the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation were written after the United States had declared independence from Great Britain. It established what the functions of the United States national government would be. This created a weak central government and it did not allow each individual state to create their own foreign diplomacy

The preamble of the United States is the a summary of what is going to be accomplished in the constitution. It contributes to the meaning by explaining the people of the United States are the ones who wrote the constitution and the reasons they are writing the constitution. To form a better government, protect the freedom of all its citizens and their descendants, to make sure the peace is kept, and verify justice is assembled.

United States of America is one of the greatest country that have lot of power that can affect another country. Democracy were originated at Athens, Greece. But as a superpower country that got the independence from a long time, America’s politics and system has been a role model for other country that want to use democracy as a political system in their place. In the world of politics, not only president and vice president have the role in the constitution, many parties and people were included in the complicated American constitution. Involving many parties and people means there should be a power division to make each of branches are not over limit and dominating other party in the constitution.