Why Is The Constitution Important

The United States was founded on a single document, that document is the Constitution. This document represents all that the United States is; It is the whole of how the government is to run, It also shows what the founding fathers wanted to happen to the country in the future. So naturally the wording of it is very important. The most impactful words and phrases in the constitution are right, power, representative, shall, and necessary and proper.
The word Shall in the constitution is both one of the most numerous and one of the most impactful and important. The word shall is a very cut and dry word that leaves no room for misinterpretation. For example “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to …show more content…
This is because it was not originally thought of but the Anti-Federalists demanded that the rights of the people be added. A right is a power that cannot be taken away or infringed upon without the due process of congress or special provisions. They wanted to make sure that the people had certain abilities that the government would not be able to take away were it to ever become corrupted. These rights such as, “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” or “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed,” were another safeguard to prevent a monarchy or despotism from oppressing the …show more content…
“To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.” They wanted to make a Government that was the highest power in the land, but not only that they wanted the government to be able to adapt to the circumstances if needed for anything that may happen in the future. What this phrase does is it gives the government the ability to do anything that it views as needed by the country and appropriate for the circumstances. There was a large group of people that thought that this was giving the government too much power and that this wording should not be in the constitution. Because they thought that it would end up in a despotic government or a monarchy where the people were oppressed. They thought that if you gave the government power then it would use it to the fullest extend weather it was for the good of all or for the good of