Summary Of Declaration Of Independence
"What I believe all Criminal Justice Professionals should know about the preparation and/or adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights."
The first of these documents, the Declaration of Independence is not a legal document. However, within its writings are principles that have later become laws. Throughout this document, it states that people have the rights and not the government. This comes from the line that states “the separate and equal station to which the laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them” (Declaration, 2017).
The author of the Declaration of Independence is Thomas Jefferson. Is was part of a committee of five that was put together to come up with this document. John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert …show more content…
Also, one needs to understand that this document gives the rights to the people and not to the government. Another thing that the criminal justice must remember about this document is that it was prepared in a way that the government’s responsibility is to protect the rights of the citizens.
The next document is the Constitution. Even before this document was in place, there was a failed attempt at running this country. This was the Articles of Confederation. The main reason for this failed attempt was money. The government wanted the states to pay for the revolution and the states were sending little to no money. Once again money was the downfall of something in our history
This is when the Constitution was adopted. The primary function of this document is to separate the powers of the federal government into the three branches. These branches are the executive, legislative and judicial branches. With the government being split into these three branches, it also indicates how individuals can take the offices in these
The first of these documents, the Declaration of Independence is not a legal document. However, within its writings are principles that have later become laws. Throughout this document, it states that people have the rights and not the government. This comes from the line that states “the separate and equal station to which the laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them” (Declaration, 2017).
The author of the Declaration of Independence is Thomas Jefferson. Is was part of a committee of five that was put together to come up with this document. John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert …show more content…
Also, one needs to understand that this document gives the rights to the people and not to the government. Another thing that the criminal justice must remember about this document is that it was prepared in a way that the government’s responsibility is to protect the rights of the citizens.
The next document is the Constitution. Even before this document was in place, there was a failed attempt at running this country. This was the Articles of Confederation. The main reason for this failed attempt was money. The government wanted the states to pay for the revolution and the states were sending little to no money. Once again money was the downfall of something in our history
This is when the Constitution was adopted. The primary function of this document is to separate the powers of the federal government into the three branches. These branches are the executive, legislative and judicial branches. With the government being split into these three branches, it also indicates how individuals can take the offices in these