The Constitution

A Revolutionary Experiment: 1620-1800 begins this chapter “The Constitution” by giving an example of how the Constitution works.  The book points out that the Constitution not only guarantees rights but also distribute power. Not even the president can force Congress to act. It also creates political institutions, assigns or divides powers in government, and provides certain guarantees to citizens. The name for this division of power is “federalism.” This power was separated into three branches legislative, executive and judicial. The constitution establishes the legislative branch it describes that Congress make laws. The executive branch enforces the law that Congress passes. The judicial has the responsibility to decide if government laws follow the constitution.  According to United States for the Naturalization Test, “The constitution is the supreme law of the land.”

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

In this paragraph, it leads readers to believe that the United States Constitution was created to serve the purpose of protecting the civil rights of the citizens under democracy.  People can count on government not having absolute power over the people.  With this in mind, people can exercise their freedom to be themselves and to practice their religion as they please.  Not to mention, in terms of electing their representatives, under democracy, people can rest to sure that during elections, they have the chance to choose the candidate that’s going to represent them in the law making process.

As a reaction to the topic and a resident in this country, my beliefs are that I agree with the laws under the United States Constitution.  People; regardless to what position they have in society, have to abide by the rules implemented by the Constitution of this country.  Considering that I fall into we the people, I chose this topic because the laws implemented under the United States Constitution is created to serve us as a whole.

“We the People” is the first three words of the constitution. People who wrote the constitution wanted to limit the government’s powers. The separation of powers which requires each of the three branches of government, executive, legislative, and judicial.