Democrats/Liberals typically favor loose contrsuction of the Constitution.
It's your interpretation of the constitution. The philosophy that allows narrow constitutional interpretation is called strict construction and the philosophy of broad constitutional interpretation is called loose construction. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison favored the strict constructions, and Alexander Hamilton favored the loose construction.
Alexander Hamilton is an example of an early politician who believed in loose construction in terms of the U.S. Constitution. Hamilton was America's 1st Secretary of the Treasury.
The Supreme Court used a loose construction approach when interpreting the Constitution to uphold a law that was not explicitly outlined in the document.
Alexander Hamilton
strong construction
A strict interpretation of the Constitution states that the government of the United States holds only those powers specifically granted to it by the Constitution. A loose interpretation of the Constitution posits that the government of the United States hold all powers that are not specifically denied to it by the Constitution.
The Federalist Party of Early America favored a loose interpretation of the Constitution.
Creating a national bank represented a "loose" construction of the Constitution.
Thomas jefferson
A weak central government. a confederation, and individual rights.
Loose construction-means that the federal government can take reasonable actions that the constitution does not specifically forbidStrict construction- people who favor strict constitution think that that federal government should do only what the constitution specifically says it can do The Loose Construction Theory is when federalists interpret the Constitution into things that are in favor of a stronger national government. There are limitations involved.
Loose constuction.