US Constitution Document Analysis
I believe the US constitution is one of the single most important documents that was ever created by any group of people or government in the world. This document created a country often referred to as an “experiment” that has been successful in many ramifications. The US is looked upon from countries around the world for inspiration and for help when necessary. This is remarkable for a country that has such a relatively short existence compared to other countries in Europe and Africa.
The importance of the Connecticut (compromise) papers versus either the Virginia (big state) the New Jersey (small state) version is being played out year after year in election cycles and when legislation is to about to be passed. I believe the incident served as a pathway for future deliberations and will become the corner stone of the functioning of a well-designed constitution.
Another interesting aspect in the process of the development of the constitution is the federalist vs antifederalist argument. This is still very relevant today as it plays out in the form of big government versus small government position of the two dominant political parties. Historically, the context in which this arguments were made was even direr as some people (the antifederalist) were skeptical and could easily imagine the federalists driving the whole country …show more content…
First, the constitution was designed to be flexible in certain areas to give room for developments that would arise. Secondly, and more importantly, they were in the process of creating a country and this was against the interest of the British, the then world power – forming a country (US) meant loss of revenue for the British, so war was imminent. Nonetheless, the founding fathers were visionaries and included statements such as “promote the general welfare”. These statement sounds like they could have been partly defining public
The importance of the Connecticut (compromise) papers versus either the Virginia (big state) the New Jersey (small state) version is being played out year after year in election cycles and when legislation is to about to be passed. I believe the incident served as a pathway for future deliberations and will become the corner stone of the functioning of a well-designed constitution.
Another interesting aspect in the process of the development of the constitution is the federalist vs antifederalist argument. This is still very relevant today as it plays out in the form of big government versus small government position of the two dominant political parties. Historically, the context in which this arguments were made was even direr as some people (the antifederalist) were skeptical and could easily imagine the federalists driving the whole country …show more content…
First, the constitution was designed to be flexible in certain areas to give room for developments that would arise. Secondly, and more importantly, they were in the process of creating a country and this was against the interest of the British, the then world power – forming a country (US) meant loss of revenue for the British, so war was imminent. Nonetheless, the founding fathers were visionaries and included statements such as “promote the general welfare”. These statement sounds like they could have been partly defining public