Essays on Constitution

The Nevada Constitution versus The Bill of Rights Ratified in 1791 by three-fourths of the states, the Bill of Right is made of ten amendments to the United Stated Constitution. Approved by voters of the Territory of Nevada, the Nevada Constitution was approved in September of 1864. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights…

The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of Americaasserts, “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a freestate, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”At the time when this amendment was passed, the country was still primarily anagrarian and hunting society, guns were…

Charles Beard’s suggested that the Constitution was a document that was only created to protect the framer’s wealth. Beard believed that the reason why the rich framers wanted to protect against majority rule was to prevent the majority to overthrow the rich. Beard did manage to fit most of the framers under “rich” categories such…

‘The case for Britain retaining its uncodified constitution remains extremely strong’ – Discuss The British constitution itself is flexible as it allows the constitutions to evolve and generally adapt to the changing society. Compared to the US whose constitution is described as ‘rigid’; through the struggle of being able to amend constitutions; for example, the…

When fifty-five delegates from eleven of the thirteen states met in Philadelphia in May of 1787 (four years after the Revolutionary War) for a Constitutional Convention, one of their biggest concerns was to establish a government that did not create any kind of tyranny. Tyranny is the abuse of power by one supreme ruler, like…

The Missouri Constitution has 33 sections.  These sections give information to what legal rights every resident of the state has, in general.  It describes what powers are deemed for the state’s government.  It gives information on how laws are carried out.  The Missouri Constitution only applies to the state of Missouri and its residents.  The…

To a remarkable degree Anti-Federalist had many different views and motivations to reject the ratification of the Constitution. The both parties Federalist (also known as Nationalist) had different views on the constitution, Anti-Federalist opposed the Constitution. They felt the articles should only be amended, it also felt that the constitution gave more power to the…

The constitution adressed the problems of decentralization powers under the Articles of Confederation. Three problems that existest were no national currency, unicameral legislature, and cogress had no ability to tax. The tension between decentralized and centralized power are argued to still exist through environmental policy, gun control, and disability access. These tensions are illustrated in…

The articles of confederation and the constitution             The government created by the Constitution was vastly more powerful and comprehensive that the one that existed under the Articles of Confederation.  Before 1789, when the current federal government was created, the United States lacked a strong central authority capable of raising revenue and providing national defense,…

“ “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”-Thomas Jefferson Through painful years of authoritarian British government and the weak Articles of Confederation, Americans’ hungered for a new form of government. The American leaders, terrified by an autocratic central government like Britain’s were in the need of a new administration, which would evenly balance control and…