Gateways To Democracy Research Paper

In our class textbook, The Gateways to Democracy, the definition of the constitution is, “The fundamental law undergirding the structure of the government. In a modern democracy, a constitution sets forth the basic rules and procedures for how the people should be governed, including the powers and structure of the government, as well as the rights retained by the people” (Page 32). The constitution is said to be a living document, which can grow and change overtime. A constitution essentially states what a government is permitted to do and how they can go about doing it. We have a constitution that was set forth by America’s founding fathers to assure that the government cannot get too big and too powerful, the American constitution sets