The 17th Amendment replaces the phrase "chosen by the Legislature thereof" with "elected by the people thereof". Many interpreted this to mean giving the legislature power to bar appt by the governor, & that vacancies may only be filled by election.
They viewed powerful executives as enemies of liberty.
The 17th Amendment replaces the phrase "chosen by the Legislature thereof" with "elected by the people thereof". Many interpreted this to mean giving the legislature power to bar appt by the governor, & that vacancies may only be filled by election.
The 17th Amendment replaces the phrase "chosen by the Legislature thereof" with "elected by the people thereof". Many interpreted this to mean giving the legislature power to bar appt by the governor, & that vacancies may only be filled by election.
This is because the writers of the constitution did not only want to prevent abuses of power in the states, but they also wanted to keep power in the hands of the people.
This is because the writers of the constitution did not only want to prevent abuses of power in the states, but they also wanted to keep power in the hands of the people.
To be technically correct, Rome was already an empire under the republican form of government. The form of government that is popularly called the "empire" is actually the principate. Okay, during the republic, the people voted and elected their officials and voted upon passage of laws. The power was, at least on paper, in the hands of the Roman people. During the principate the ultimate power was in the hands of one individual who we call the emperor and the Romans called "Caesar".To be technically correct, Rome was already an empire under the republican form of government. The form of government that is popularly called the "empire" is actually the principate. Okay, during the republic, the people voted and elected their officials and voted upon passage of laws. The power was, at least on paper, in the hands of the Roman people. During the principate the ultimate power was in the hands of one individual who we call the emperor and the Romans called "Caesar".To be technically correct, Rome was already an empire under the republican form of government. The form of government that is popularly called the "empire" is actually the principate. Okay, during the republic, the people voted and elected their officials and voted upon passage of laws. The power was, at least on paper, in the hands of the Roman people. During the principate the ultimate power was in the hands of one individual who we call the emperor and the Romans called "Caesar".To be technically correct, Rome was already an empire under the republican form of government. The form of government that is popularly called the "empire" is actually the principate. Okay, during the republic, the people voted and elected their officials and voted upon passage of laws. The power was, at least on paper, in the hands of the Roman people. During the principate the ultimate power was in the hands of one individual who we call the emperor and the Romans called "Caesar".To be technically correct, Rome was already an empire under the republican form of government. The form of government that is popularly called the "empire" is actually the principate. Okay, during the republic, the people voted and elected their officials and voted upon passage of laws. The power was, at least on paper, in the hands of the Roman people. During the principate the ultimate power was in the hands of one individual who we call the emperor and the Romans called "Caesar".To be technically correct, Rome was already an empire under the republican form of government. The form of government that is popularly called the "empire" is actually the principate. Okay, during the republic, the people voted and elected their officials and voted upon passage of laws. The power was, at least on paper, in the hands of the Roman people. During the principate the ultimate power was in the hands of one individual who we call the emperor and the Romans called "Caesar".To be technically correct, Rome was already an empire under the republican form of government. The form of government that is popularly called the "empire" is actually the principate. Okay, during the republic, the people voted and elected their officials and voted upon passage of laws. The power was, at least on paper, in the hands of the Roman people. During the principate the ultimate power was in the hands of one individual who we call the emperor and the Romans called "Caesar".To be technically correct, Rome was already an empire under the republican form of government. The form of government that is popularly called the "empire" is actually the principate. Okay, during the republic, the people voted and elected their officials and voted upon passage of laws. The power was, at least on paper, in the hands of the Roman people. During the principate the ultimate power was in the hands of one individual who we call the emperor and the Romans called "Caesar".To be technically correct, Rome was already an empire under the republican form of government. The form of government that is popularly called the "empire" is actually the principate. Okay, during the republic, the people voted and elected their officials and voted upon passage of laws. The power was, at least on paper, in the hands of the Roman people. During the principate the ultimate power was in the hands of one individual who we call the emperor and the Romans called "Caesar".
NovaNet- to put power in the hands of an elected body
NovaNet- to put power in the hands of an elected body
NovaNet- to put power in the hands of an elected body
Technically, the Romans had a republic, not a democracy. Romans voted for their political leaders (consuls, praetors, tribunes, aediles, and quaestors). Elected politicians gained entry into the Senate, the ruling political body of the Republic. The elected officials also ran the military campaigns.
Moderate. He had been elected as the compromise candidate, and was not an abolitionist. His big priority at the outbreak of war was the keep on-side the four slave-states that had not joined the Confederates. Even when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation (not chiefly to please the abolitionists, but to keep the British out), he did not lay hands on slavery in those four states.
power of the states