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Q: What does the constitution say about the rights of the federal government?
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Does the constitution say that if the government fails to serve the people then replace it?

No, the Constitution doesn't say it, but the Declaration of Independence does. U.S. Government has failed to protect our rights and it is time to take back our rights and replace this government with one that will protect our rights.


In a strict interpretation of the Constitution the federal government has only what power?

The federal government has only the power to do exactly as the Constitution says. In George Washington's Presidency Alexander Hamilton who believed in loose construction believed that because the Constitution did not say that creating a national bank was illegal, then it could be done. Thomas Jefferson a believer of a strict interpretation believed that if it was not said in the Constitution that the Federal Government could make a National Bank then it is not allowed. The idea of strict and loose interpretation is fought about even to this day.


Which process is best defined as the power to say whether any federal state or local law or government action goes against the Constitution?

Judicial Review


Where does it state in the US Constitution that felons cannot possess firearms?

It does not say that in the Constitution. Felony firearm rights are a matter of Federal Law and state laws that say a person convicted of a felony shall not possess, use, transport, sell, purchase, carry, ship, receive, or distribute firearms.


Will changing the interpretation of the constitution make the constitution weak?

The Constitution can be changed. It is a difficult process and quite rightly so but the people can do away with the current constitution and start all over. Because it is difficult to redo a constitutional government, there are those, believing the constraints placed upon government and the freedoms acknowledged by the constitution make it impossible for government to govern. These are the people who reinterpret the Constitution in ways that allow government to expand the scope of their jurisdiction and legally disregard the natural rights of the people. It is one thing to take a liberal view of the Constitution and another thing entirely to claim the Constitution says what it does not say.

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What are The Bill of Rights designed to do?

To place limits on the power of the Federal government. If you read them carefully, they say what the government CANNOT do.


Does the constitution say that if the government fails to serve the people then replace it?

No, the Constitution doesn't say it, but the Declaration of Independence does. U.S. Government has failed to protect our rights and it is time to take back our rights and replace this government with one that will protect our rights.


Does Kuwait's Constitution have a Bill of Rights?

Does Kuwait's constitution have a Bill of Rights?


The constitution hints but does not directly say that these are powers of federal government?

implied powers.


What did Thomas Jefferson worry about in the new republic?

he feared strong federal governments and anything that the Constitution did not say they could do


What part of the constitution protects individual rights?

The Constitution does. The government makes laws and enforces them but the constitution actually protects individual's rights. The US is a constitutional federated republic. The government is kept in check by the constitution. Without the checks and balances that the constitution provides, the government could take away all rights of the people, controlling all they say and do. A government without checks and balances usually ends in dictatorship.


How did the Louisiana purchase have a negative effect on the union?

The US Constitution states that any power that the Constitution does not expressly give to the federal government or does not expressly deny to the states belongs to the states or the people. The Constitution does not say that the President has the power to purchase land on behalf of the country. Pres. Jefferson defended his action by stating that since the Constitution gives the federal government the right to control federal land, it naturally follows that the federal government has the right to acquirefederal land.


What kind of document did the French people want to give them a say in government?

The French people wanted a constitution that would provide them with rights and government involvement.


What does the fifteenth amendment say to Constitution?

It says that any government, that means federal, state, or local, cannot deny someone the right to vote based on their race/color.


What does the constitution say about marriage?

Amendment X states that powers not delegated in the Constitution are reserved to the states. This is why the Federal Government does not the power to intervene and it is up to individual states.


In a strict interpretation of the Constitution the federal government has only what power?

The federal government has only the power to do exactly as the Constitution says. In George Washington's Presidency Alexander Hamilton who believed in loose construction believed that because the Constitution did not say that creating a national bank was illegal, then it could be done. Thomas Jefferson a believer of a strict interpretation believed that if it was not said in the Constitution that the Federal Government could make a National Bank then it is not allowed. The idea of strict and loose interpretation is fought about even to this day.


What does the tenth amendment say about the dlegation of powers to the states?

It says that all powers not specifically given to the federal government in the Constitution are reserved for the States.