Daniel Johnson Government 9-20-11 The Constitution of the United States marked the beginning of a new form of government for the newly free colonies that formed the United States of America. It established the system of government with which the nation has lived for more than two hundred years. The Framers drafted the Constitution to “establish Justice‚ insure domestic tranquility‚ provide for the common defense‚ promote the general Welfare‚ and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves
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you must have a foundation. For the United States of America that foundation is the constitution. It was the first of its kind and as such was created with the idea of change. The constitution was designed in order to apply to the
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The League of Nations had a written constitution that served as a set of rights and agreements that all the people had to honor. The Iroquois had a written constitution so there would be no dispute between what was acceptable and what was considered against the law. In this case‚ the law was the aspects of the written constitution that‚ if followed‚ ensures safety and cooperation between citizens. Likewise‚ the United States Constitution serves as “The Law of the Land” and everyone within
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A Constitution is a collection of rules that ensures a country is running efficiently. It guarantees that the government are governing correctly and that the rights of individual citizens are being protected. Constitutions can be found in different forms. They can be written or unwritten‚ rigid or flexible‚ federal or unitary in structure. Our UK constitution is unwritten however it possesses strong core constitutional principles‚ such as parliamentary supremacy‚ a responsible government‚ the rule
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The Indian constitution:- The Indian Constitution‚ which stands for national goals like Democracy‚ Socialism‚ Secularism and National Integration‚ was framed by the representatives of Indian people after a long period of debates and discussions. It is the most detailed constitution in the world. No other constitution has gone into such minute details as the Indian Constitution. The Constitution of India was framed by a Constituent Assembly which was established in 1946. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was
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This nation is not perfect‚ so we can only hope to improve it. To do so‚ we must find and criticize the hypocrisy in our country’s history with the fairness they once promised to their people. It is evident that the Preamble of the United States Constitution was hypocritical in 1787 because of the narrow vision of “the People‚” because of the economic divide‚ and because of the issues plaguing their justice system‚ all proving that the promises written in the Preamble went unfulfilled in the year it
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The constitution defines our national goals of democracy‚ socialism and secularism‚ guarantees equality‚ liberty‚ justice‚ etc.‚ to the citizens. It confers on us our fundamental rights and duties and also contains the directive principles for the government. It tells us about the intensions of our great leaders who drafted and gave us our Constitution. The farming of our constitution Indians had been demanding complete independence since 1929. Eventually‚ in 1945‚ Mr. Clement Atlee‚ who was sympathetic
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The constitution is not outdated. It’s the American government and people in power‚ that have been unofficially changing or not following the Constitution the way it was intended. Our founding fathers wrote a document that would uphold overtime. The US Constitution is the oldest written Constitution still in use today. (“Oldest Constitutions Still Being Used Today”) The American Constitution serves as a model for other nations drafting new constitutions. Constitution drafters include similar Provisions
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Constitution ------------------------------------------------- Important points of Indian constitution It is the largest written legal document in the world. It took 2 years‚ 11 months and 17 days to complete the text of constitution. Initially it contained 395 articles and 8 Schedules. Sachchidanand Sinha was the first chairman of the constituent Assembly ( it consisted of elected member of legislative assembly). Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the permanent chairman of constituent
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Why do you think the Constitution still works for 200 years?: How the laws work?‚ And when the law is violated?. Laws work when we keep them and none of them breaker‚ when a group of people decides to break the law‚ law and discipline of the law is lost‚ and the law is no longer frightens people and everyone does what they want. When changing the Constitution Act Is not it makes people think that if you can change laws in the Constitution‚ then the Constitution is no longer the supreme value. I
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