The Constitution of The United States of America will ALWAYS be the Constitution and should be respected, as the Framers of this Document and Country intended. What has been dumped upon The Constitution IS a bundle of compromises, by bureaucrats, lobbyists special interest groups and some very stupid politicians
The Constitution has been referred to as a bundle of compromises because a number of compromises were necessary in order for it to be ratified. For example, the addition of a Bill of Rights was a compromise between the Federalists, who didn't think it was necessary, and the anti-Federalists, who argued for its inclusion.
There were several political compromises that, had they not been made, would have prevented the Constitution from ever being adopted. The first is called "The Great Compromise" and had to do with Congress becoming a bi-cameral body. The number of a state's representatives in the House of Representatives would be determined on the basis of each state's population as described in the Constitution. The number of a state's Senators in the Senate would be the same as each other state's, regardless of population. This gave small and large states some protection against being outvoted by the other in issues before Congress. The second compromise had to do with slavery. In order to avoid a clash between the slave and free states over whether slavery would be abolished, the Constitution was written so that it put the question off for twenty years and did not mention the word slavery even once. Article 1, Section 9 says that Congress cannot pass any law regarding the migration or importation of such persons as the states think proper until the year 1808. This referred to slaves and the slave trade. Also, Article 5, which permits amendments to the Constitution, prohibited amendment of Article 1, Section 9 until 1808, thus ensuring that slavery would continue for at least twenty years. There would be no arguments until 1808, leaving the next generation to fight it out. A third is the amount of power given to the Congress. Most states had been acting almost as separate countries and did not want to create a federal government that could impose its will on them. That was why the weak Articles of Confederation were created first and failed. A stronger central government was needed but how strong? The dispute between those who wanted a strong federal government and those who wanted a weaker one was compromised by creating a Congress with specific enumerated powers and no others. All other powers not expressly given to the federal government were to be left to the individual states.
Unlike our current Congress the men who wrote the constitution made compromises with each other to get the needed work done.
The Constitution is called "a bundle of compromises".
The framers of the Constitution had to create a government that was representative, but neither a monarchy or a pure democracy. That alone had so many different interpretations that the entire document is essentially a series of brilliant compromises, the main author of which was James Madison. They settled for a representative government.
A constitution is a document, it does not have "events".
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The Constitution is called "a bundle of compromises".
The foundation was the Enlightenment thinkers, but the constitution is/was a document that was hammered out with compromises and agreements.
The foundation was the Enlightenment thinkers, but the constitution is/was a document that was hammered out with compromises and agreements.
its like a document but for the US Constitution
The framers of the Constitution had to create a government that was representative, but neither a monarchy or a pure democracy. That alone had so many different interpretations that the entire document is essentially a series of brilliant compromises, the main author of which was James Madison. They settled for a representative government.
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An 'Amendment' is any change to the constitution or federal document.
The British Constitution is uncodified, not written down. It is entrenched in the laws of the nation. There is no single document with the constitutional laws written down.
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A constitution is a document, it does not have "events".
which document preceded the constitution as the frameworkfor the nations new government
The document that was written before the Constitution was the Articles of Confederation.