Found at the very end of Article I‚ Section 8‚ the Elastic Clause provides the government with an immense power and responsibility‚ “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers‚ and all other Powers vested by this Constitution
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authority to enforce laws deemed necessary for the survival of a sound country. Our country cannot be a successful or authoritative government with the Articles of Confederation in place. So we need to make the conspicuous decision of ratifying the Constitution. The Constitution will fill the holes in our government that is created by the Articles of Confederation. It will establish the Executive Branch; which main purpose is enforcing the laws. Another important reason to ratify the constitution
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The U.S. has just won its independence from Britain. A new form of government needs to be instituted. Out came the Articles of Confederation. Under the articles the federal government had very little power. It was quite clear the articles would not last for long. The next form of government would be under the Constitution. Now the federal government would have considerably more power‚ but now the problem of forcing the nation to respect that new found power became more prominent. By nature when a
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countries at that time were monarchies. It is clear that the framers intended for fair representation of all people. “the House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second year by the People of the Several States.” (Constitution‚ Article I‚ sections 2 and 3) the government is being set up so that the people have a voice‚ giving the people power. “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution‚ nor prohibited by it to the states‚ are reserved to the states respectively
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Liberty University Helms School of Government Constitutional Government and Free Enterprise GOVT 200-001 Fall Semester 2013 Review Sheet for Final Exam Monday‚ December 9‚ 3:30-5:30pm Liberty University Review Sheet Delivered on Monday‚ December 2‚ for the Final Exam to be administered on Monday‚ December 9. Gai Ferdon‚ Ph.D. Carefully consider each the following questions and be prepared to answer all of them in a multiple question format. The Exam will not contain questions
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The Articles of Confederation was first sent to the states in November of 1777. Written by the Continental Congress‚ disagreements with separation of power throughout the states is what hindered the ratification process. Reasons for delay were mostly over representation and land. Smaller states wanted the same representation as larger states where larger states wanted representation based on population. Ownership over the western lands‚ as in the Appalachian Mountains‚ also set back the ratification
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I am writing for the Federalists and will talk about a proposal for the ratification of the Constitution. The Articles of Confederation has both its strengths and weaknesses. A Strength would be that the government passed the Northwest Ordinance of 1787‚ which allowed the Northwest Territories to organize their own governments. It has also banned slavery from the region. A weakness of the Confederation would be that the congress had no power to coin money; therefore each state developed its own
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government is going to work.Why we have created this document is because the Articles of Confederation aren’t working‚ and people think that the constitution are not going to work either.The proposed will give us Constitution nothing but failure. The Constitution shouldn’t be ratified because this form of government has never been tried‚ even by Great Britain‚ and it could destroy the country a lot worse then the Articles of Confederation‚ it not only will do that but‚ even with the risk‚ we will
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Kai Cox Dr. Shawn Williams Texas Government 2306 1/27/2015 The Texas Constitution In 1836‚ Texas had finally gained its independence from their neighbors to the South. Shortly after earning their independence‚ Texans sought to legitimize its government and independence by drafting a Constitution. The original Texas Constitution was adopted in 1827. Since its introduction‚ it has been amended an astonishing 467 times. There have been numerous attempts at Constitutional reform‚ most notably in
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The American Paradox: The Traditional Fear of Federal Power and the Rising Expectations of Government. A paradox is a statement that leads to a contradiction‚ a play on words that cannot be true all together. Ultimately‚ a paradox is a declaration that is essentially self-contradictory but based on valid reasoning from acceptable arguments. One paradox by Godfrey Hodgson regarding American culture and “change” was‚ “Americans love change‚ but hate to be changed”. By 1945 World War II was
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