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Since the main purpose of the Constitution is to limit the power of national government would the Founding Fathers approve of the Patriot Act?
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∙ 12y ago
Yes.
One of the few responsibilities that a limited federal government has - and one of the few it should have - is to protect the union (of states) from foreign enemies. That is the purpose of the Patriot Act.
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Where does the government get its powers from?
The Goverment Gets It's Power From "We The People". I Hope This Helped You!
What papers did your founding fathers create which you built your government on?
The constitution
Why does the US have a constitution?
Primarily because that is the form of government the 'founding fathers' chose.
Why did the founding fathers allow both the national and state government to share powers of taxation?
Why did the founding fathers deny certain powers to the national government.state governments or both
What were two main problems that occurred after the American revolution that led the founding fathers to write the constitution?
the national government could not tax the states and or pass federal laws
What incident led the founding fathers to scrap the old government and write the constitution?
Shay's Rebellion
Who said the government of the people for the people by the people?
The founding fathers when they wrote the constitution of the united states. :)
What were the founding fathers that participated in the creation of the constitution?
Jefferson and Madison were the founding fathers that participated in the creation of the constitution.
How did the founding fathers feel about giving the president the power to appoint federal judges?
The founding fathers feared an all-powerful national government (as England had been). So in creating the Constitution they felt a need to balance power between three branched of government, each with specific, exclusive duties and powers.
Why the Founding Fathers created a government structure with a weak national government?
They didn’t create a weak national government, but one with a balanced set of powers.
Who made the government?
In the US, our founding fathers.
How did the founding fathers strengthen the central union of the state?
The founding fathers strengthened the central union of the states by creating the Constitution. While the founding fathers feared the thought of a centralized government system they were on a quest to limit the powers within each state.
