The original Constitution was created in the idea of a government elected and ran by the people. The bulk of the first article in the Constitution is creating the framework in which the people would elect their representatives , these representatives are given a role in the check and balance system with the ability to impeach the president. The power of one branch of government to have power or jurisdiction over another branch is a form of the checks and balances system and is meant to facilitate the democratic access to the government. The writers of the constitution were scared of a monarchy form of government with power being centralized in one person that can overrule anything. However,checks and balances, along with the separation of power makes it nearly impossible for one person or branch of government to gain too much power.The overall form of our government is meant to regulate the power in all branches of government in order to facilitate the democratic access to the government.
The bill of rights is also meant to aid the democratic access to the government. The writers of the constitution main concern was the government having the ability to take away the freedoms and rights of the people. The Bill of Rights was created to stop this possibility from happening and gave us the framework to which rights the government cannot infringe upon. The fifth amendment restricts the government from depriving us from life,liberty, and property without the due process of law. This amendment is probably the most important one you can have in a democracy. With the court system in place, this stops the government from locking up or killing any voter that disagrees with them. Life, liberty,and property were the most important rights to the writers of the constitution and they wanted to make sure that while the government did have the power to take them away, they couldn't take them away from whomever they wanted but rather whoever was guilty of a crime punishable thereof. The eighth amendment goes along with this notion too: once the government gains the right to take away your freedoms,they can't give excessive fines or inflict cruel and unusual punishment. Again trying to protect citizens from any possible mistreatment from the government. These amendments impede the government from taking control of citizens and protect the people from possibility of the government jailing or killing anyone that disagrees with them. All of these factors protect democratic access in our country.
Democracy is a naturally slow form of government. Attempting to give every citizen a voice, in a country of millions of people, is a tall order to ask. However, the forefathers created the Constitution, along with the Bill of Rights, with the framework of checks and balances along with the separation of power to make sure that our country would stick to this form government and the people would retain their rights. Even though this has worked for hundreds of years, it has also created a bureaucracy for government officials to get anything done, only adding additional steps and procedures to the already slow form of government we have.The checks and balances system also stops any one branch of government from stepping up and trying to push the country forward as this might be misconstrued as too much power. So while these systems have done a wonderful job of protecting our rights and facilitating the democratic process they have also slowed this country down and made it much more difficult for people in power to get things done.
The kinds of citizens promoted in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has changed over the hundreds of years they've both been in place. When they were first created, rich white landowners were favored and african americans did not have the right to vote. However, this has changed with time, in 1870 the fifteenth amendment was added to the Bill of Rights protecting citizens from having their rights taken away on account of race,color,or previous condition of servitude. Social stigmas and the population's opinion have also had an effect on who exactly the Constitution and Bill of Rights promotes. Because of the vagueness of the language in both of these documents people can look at either and interpret sections or amendments in different ways and take away their own opinion on who those rights promote. I believe at this current point in time the Constitution and Bill of Rights promote the average law abiding citizen. The Constitution and Bill of Rights have created a basic framework for which the government and the people should live by. Yes, there are discrepancies and vagueness here and there but overall these documents are here so people can live their lives without the fear of the government having infringement upon our rights.
The bill of rights is also meant to aid the democratic access to the government. The writers of the constitution main concern was the government having the ability to take away the freedoms and rights of the people. The Bill of Rights was created to stop this possibility from happening and gave us the framework to which rights the government cannot infringe upon. The fifth amendment restricts the government from depriving us from life,liberty, and property without the due process of law. This amendment is probably the most important one you can have in a democracy. With the court system in place, this stops the government from locking up or killing any voter that disagrees with them. Life, liberty,and property were the most important rights to the writers of the constitution and they wanted to make sure that while the government did have the power to take them away, they couldn't take them away from whomever they wanted but rather whoever was guilty of a crime punishable thereof. The eighth amendment goes along with this notion too: once the government gains the right to take away your freedoms,they can't give excessive fines or inflict cruel and unusual punishment. Again trying to protect citizens from any possible mistreatment from the government. These amendments impede the government from taking control of citizens and protect the people from possibility of the government jailing or killing anyone that disagrees with them. All of these factors protect democratic access in our country.
Democracy is a naturally slow form of government. Attempting to give every citizen a voice, in a country of millions of people, is a tall order to ask. However, the forefathers created the Constitution, along with the Bill of Rights, with the framework of checks and balances along with the separation of power to make sure that our country would stick to this form government and the people would retain their rights. Even though this has worked for hundreds of years, it has also created a bureaucracy for government officials to get anything done, only adding additional steps and procedures to the already slow form of government we have.The checks and balances system also stops any one branch of government from stepping up and trying to push the country forward as this might be misconstrued as too much power. So while these systems have done a wonderful job of protecting our rights and facilitating the democratic process they have also slowed this country down and made it much more difficult for people in power to get things done.
The kinds of citizens promoted in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has changed over the hundreds of years they've both been in place. When they were first created, rich white landowners were favored and african americans did not have the right to vote. However, this has changed with time, in 1870 the fifteenth amendment was added to the Bill of Rights protecting citizens from having their rights taken away on account of race,color,or previous condition of servitude. Social stigmas and the population's opinion have also had an effect on who exactly the Constitution and Bill of Rights promotes. Because of the vagueness of the language in both of these documents people can look at either and interpret sections or amendments in different ways and take away their own opinion on who those rights promote. I believe at this current point in time the Constitution and Bill of Rights promote the average law abiding citizen. The Constitution and Bill of Rights have created a basic framework for which the government and the people should live by. Yes, there are discrepancies and vagueness here and there but overall these documents are here so people can live their lives without the fear of the government having infringement upon our rights.