Framers of the Constitution
The Framers of the Constitution and the Republicanism
The constitution is the supreme law of the land. Even though it is the supreme law of the land, it is not well defined; it isn’t specific on multiple areas. Because of that, the constitution has been misjudged and miss interpreted in the past. However, there are certain parts were the Constitution is specific. It is partially specific on elements of the Constitution that embodies the republican principle of limited government, the three institutions in the government that embodies the commitment of representation: the House of Representatives, the senate, and the presidency, amendments of the constitution that expand the democratic representation, and passages that expresses the republican principle of popular sovereignty There are many powers given to congress by the Constitution, but at the same time there are many powers denied to it as well. For example, amendment one- Religion, Speech, Assembly, and Politics. The first amendment deals with freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and politics. This amendment prohibits/denies congress the ability to create laws that targets religion, freedom of speech, assembly, politics, and press.[1] Another amendment that embodies the republican principle of limited government would be amendment ten, which deals with reserved powers to the states. It states that “powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people”[2]. In other words, it is saying that powers not given to anyone, or powers that are not prohibited by any laws, can be decided by states themselves.[3] Lastly, article one, section nine. Section nine deals with powers denied to congress, this is the easiest example to find through the whole Constitution because it denies congress from importation of slaves, suspending the writ of habeas corpus, no bill of attainder or ex post facto, no income tax (which
The constitution is the supreme law of the land. Even though it is the supreme law of the land, it is not well defined; it isn’t specific on multiple areas. Because of that, the constitution has been misjudged and miss interpreted in the past. However, there are certain parts were the Constitution is specific. It is partially specific on elements of the Constitution that embodies the republican principle of limited government, the three institutions in the government that embodies the commitment of representation: the House of Representatives, the senate, and the presidency, amendments of the constitution that expand the democratic representation, and passages that expresses the republican principle of popular sovereignty There are many powers given to congress by the Constitution, but at the same time there are many powers denied to it as well. For example, amendment one- Religion, Speech, Assembly, and Politics. The first amendment deals with freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and politics. This amendment prohibits/denies congress the ability to create laws that targets religion, freedom of speech, assembly, politics, and press.[1] Another amendment that embodies the republican principle of limited government would be amendment ten, which deals with reserved powers to the states. It states that “powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people”[2]. In other words, it is saying that powers not given to anyone, or powers that are not prohibited by any laws, can be decided by states themselves.[3] Lastly, article one, section nine. Section nine deals with powers denied to congress, this is the easiest example to find through the whole Constitution because it denies congress from importation of slaves, suspending the writ of habeas corpus, no bill of attainder or ex post facto, no income tax (which