Certainly Thomas Jefferson participated to this noble sitting such as Constitutional Convention as he referred or named it “assembly of demiGods considerably being ‘good and wise’ decisions. He was among the Anti-Federalists stressing that the Constitution was lacking the a bill of rights. And they opposed the federal system in which the power is divided between the national government and the states. They also worried that the national government would accumulate too much power and the president would become a monarchy or the congress an aristocracy. Over all, The Federalist sustained by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton helped for the constitution to be ratified with the federal system we have today.
This progressive historian Charles Beard described the Convention in economic terms as a cabal of propertied elites; the Convention’s delegates, according to Beard, were “immediately, directly, and personally interested in, and derived economic advantages from, the establishment of the new system.” According to the principle states that “ there is no action without interest” he is right because we need to remind ourselves they were elites, lawyer, economist also an normal citizens what they were experiencing from the British colonial pact was affecting them too someone should stand up to defend their own interest and which may benefit others. On the other hand, the Founders had good intention for example I agree with Jefferson’s observation about the bill of rights includes freedom of expression, and conviction: speech, press, assembly and religions (First amendment) and achieved something noble.
As I mentioned above, “there is no action without interest” these men or elites who participated in the Constitutional Convention were the rich class or the owners of property. Other classes such as Indians, slaves, the poor whites and women were excluded from this convention. This is why I agree with many scholars criticizing that our constitution was only written to benefit the wealthy by taking away the rights from the people it was supposed to protect. The fourth amendment protects people from unreasonable searches or seizures. Although you can also argue that mail still inside a person’s mailbox or home is protected, but if the mail is in the garbage next to the streets curb it is not protected because once it leaves your house it’s fair game to whoever’s hands it may fall into. The fifth amendment states that a person may not be deprived by the government without due process of law. For example a landlord cannot force a tenant to move out unless there is an eviction notice that was approved by a judge.
The Declaration’s opening statement proclaims that the document’s purpose is to “declare the causes which impel [the colonies] to the Separation” from Great Britain. The following paragraph of the Declaration begins with a series of “self-evident truths,” starting with “All men are created equal” and closing with a long statement of the right to revolution. All things considered those “truths” deliver a distinguished summary of a coherent political philosophy. This same philosophy was unchallenged in 1776 and was for a fact the only accessible philosophy available in 1787 when the Constitution was drafted initially to start the creation of our government. In fact, this declaration lists some noble causes of defending our nation from Great Britain’s imperialism stipulating for example “all men are created equal” so we had the right to separate, have revolution, Govern ourselves or being sovereign. But after breaking from Great Britain as we celebrate it every July 4th our nation is still struggling with applying certain principles mentioned in the Declaration. The politico-sociological approach or theory may explain to us clearly in these following terms: Gender-conflict or feminism means our society places men in position of power over women, even in the constitution’s convention there weren’t any women; social conflict means inequality which is the main cause of social crisis for inadvertence of equal pay between men and women; Race conflict means having the advantages including higher income, more schooling and better health, housing that our society gives to white people over people of color. Overall, for this to heal we need to abide to Jefferson’s ideal position as equality and rights for all men and women, the wealthy and poor, and lastly white people and people of color.
Democracy means freedom and the responsibilities that come with that freedom: the power to create change; the government obeying our Constitution; the right to be educated whether it’s in a free public school or an expensive private school; the responsibility to vote for what we believe in; the responsibility to give back to the community by helping people in need or volunteering your time; the responsibility to listen openly to opposing points of view, learn from them and have a choice whether or not to agree or disagree; the freedom to live our lives and raise children the way that we want to. I would American democracy a rating of (7-10) only because the orange man in the white house is trying to change the level of respect for the country’s democratic institutions and traditions in a negative way.
