U.S. Constitution :: essays research papers

     The memorandum I chose to write about is the United States authorship. When the thirteen British colonies in North America declared their independence in 1776, they laid floor that regimes are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. The colonies had to establish a politics, which would be the framework for the United States. The purpose of a written constitution is to do and therefore more specifically limit establishment powers. After the Articles of bond failed to work in the 13 colonies, the U.S. Constitution was created in 1787.     The Constitution is pregnant because it was expressly designed to limit powers into three co-ordinate complexifyes, the legislative, executive, and judiciary outset none of which was to have supremacy over the others. This separation of powers with the checks and balances which each branch was given over the others was designed to prevent any branch, fr om infringing mortal liberties safeguarded by the Constitution. I think the U.S. Constitution was a way for the U.S. to establish government which was a negotiation between the two former governments, a monarchy and come in state power. I think by creating the checks and balances, peoples rights would be safer and they would feel more secure not having one branch of government with absolute power. What I found most interesting about the Constitution was how complex and detailed the framers made it, to effectively explain and limit the individual branches of power in government. In the words of Thomas Paine, "a government without a constitution is power without right". Meaning that for power to be granted, it is necessary to establish a constitution.     The Federalist Papers 10 & 51 were essays which helped persuade the citizens of the United States to vote for the federal Constitution. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and lavatory Jay used pseudo nyms as their names to convince the public. Those who were skeptical of voting for a government, which had many different major powers, were reassured by the founding fathers in their speeches and conventions throughout the U.S.     The importance of Constitution, both in its content and its status, is little apprehended by the general public.