How Did The Founders Violate The Rights Of American Citizens
The American Founders, and the American people generally did not trust a king. The Founders believed that liberty was necessary to human progress, and that we all have essential rights to make decisions about ourselves and our property rights. The people themselves have a voice, and we don’t need to simply submit to rulers who violate their rights. If there were no king, the founding fathers could not settle on a pure democracy, in which the majority gets whatever it wants. They believed history proved that democratic majorities often end up behaving like tyrants abusing minorities, and starting wars. The Founders believed, people can be swayed by emotion, selfish impulses, and corrupt leaders to do terrible things to one another. The Founders also worried that a democracy would become just another version of
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They questioned, how do we give people the power to control their government while also refusing to them the power to use government to violate the rights of others. As the founders built on their experience with a national government under the Articles of Confederation, the challenge was to establish a government that was not so powerful that people could use it to pursue their own interests at the expense of other people's rights. As a result, they settled on what is called a constitutional republic. That is why they divided our government’s power between executive, legislative, and judicial branches. It is also why they split Congress into two bodies. The Founders gave this Congress the power to make laws, but gave the power of administering those laws to the president and the executive branch. Separate from these was the Supreme Court who appointed by the president but had to have Senate approval. The Constitution was built so that the competing goals of government officials as well as the competing goals of different branches and levels of government would work to form a system of checks and
They questioned, how do we give people the power to control their government while also refusing to them the power to use government to violate the rights of others. As the founders built on their experience with a national government under the Articles of Confederation, the challenge was to establish a government that was not so powerful that people could use it to pursue their own interests at the expense of other people's rights. As a result, they settled on what is called a constitutional republic. That is why they divided our government’s power between executive, legislative, and judicial branches. It is also why they split Congress into two bodies. The Founders gave this Congress the power to make laws, but gave the power of administering those laws to the president and the executive branch. Separate from these was the Supreme Court who appointed by the president but had to have Senate approval. The Constitution was built so that the competing goals of government officials as well as the competing goals of different branches and levels of government would work to form a system of checks and