How Did The US Constitution Guard Against Tyranny?
How did the U.S. Constitution guard against tyranny?
Only a few years after the American Revolutionary War, American faces a new problem regarding its citizens’ rights: the Articles of Confederation were too weak to run the country, but the people want to avoid a central government so strong that it is comparable to an absolute monarchy. One example of a tyrant is the dreaded Joseph Stalin. However, as the Articles of Confederation showed, a weak central government is just as bad as a central government that has too much power. There was a need of a way to run the government that is strong but does not have too much power. The result: the U.S. Constitution, the supreme law of the United States of America.
Out of the many ways the U.S. Constitution …show more content…
In some governments, one group of people have all of the federal government’s power. One example is Japan’s “Big six” group during World War II. The “Big six” comprised of the top three political leaders and the top three military leaders in Japan. The Emperor of Japan normally didn’t make any choices in the government; the “Big SIx” had total control of Japan during World War II. The U.S. Constitution avoids that from happening by separating the powers of the government into three branches of government: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. The Senate and the House of Representatives make up the legislative branch. The legislative branch makes the laws for the country. The executive branch is the President of the United States, the Vice President, and the presidential cabinet. The executive branch will enforce the laws. The judicial branch is the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will determine if the laws are constitutional or …show more content…
In the House of Representatives, the amount of representatives is based on the population of the state. Larger states have more representation and smaller states have less representation. For example, Delaware only has one representative, but Virginia has ten. If all of the states with a large population agreed on something small states won’t favor the vote will definitely pass because the smaller states have less representatives. The Great Compromise solved this problem by adding another house in Congress, the Senate. In the Senate, each state has two representatives, making the polls much more fair for the states with a smaller
Only a few years after the American Revolutionary War, American faces a new problem regarding its citizens’ rights: the Articles of Confederation were too weak to run the country, but the people want to avoid a central government so strong that it is comparable to an absolute monarchy. One example of a tyrant is the dreaded Joseph Stalin. However, as the Articles of Confederation showed, a weak central government is just as bad as a central government that has too much power. There was a need of a way to run the government that is strong but does not have too much power. The result: the U.S. Constitution, the supreme law of the United States of America.
Out of the many ways the U.S. Constitution …show more content…
In some governments, one group of people have all of the federal government’s power. One example is Japan’s “Big six” group during World War II. The “Big six” comprised of the top three political leaders and the top three military leaders in Japan. The Emperor of Japan normally didn’t make any choices in the government; the “Big SIx” had total control of Japan during World War II. The U.S. Constitution avoids that from happening by separating the powers of the government into three branches of government: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. The Senate and the House of Representatives make up the legislative branch. The legislative branch makes the laws for the country. The executive branch is the President of the United States, the Vice President, and the presidential cabinet. The executive branch will enforce the laws. The judicial branch is the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will determine if the laws are constitutional or …show more content…
In the House of Representatives, the amount of representatives is based on the population of the state. Larger states have more representation and smaller states have less representation. For example, Delaware only has one representative, but Virginia has ten. If all of the states with a large population agreed on something small states won’t favor the vote will definitely pass because the smaller states have less representatives. The Great Compromise solved this problem by adding another house in Congress, the Senate. In the Senate, each state has two representatives, making the polls much more fair for the states with a smaller