DBQ: Constitution Interpretation The Federalists versus the Democratic-Republicans Step 1: Think on the Prompt •“With respect to the federal Constitution‚ the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison? •What is the descriptive word in the prompt? –“to what extent” is similar
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1801 to 1817.Both of these presidents performed and put in actions that contradicted their values. They were supposed to be strict interpreters of the constitution which is word for word interpretation .If it was not written in the constitution you weren’t supposed to do it. Throughout their presidency they did actions that were more towards the Federalist Party which were loose interpreters and they didn’t take literal meaning of the constitution it was more of what was implied. Jefferson did the Louisiana
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presidencies of Jefferson and Madison (1801-1817)‚ a dual political party government was starting to form. In the Constitution‚ which was made in 1787‚ it is portrayed Jeffersonian Republicans as strict constructionists and Federalists as broad ones. It is true that the Democratic-Republicans believed in the strict construction of the constitution and a weaker federal government‚ thinking that if there were high concentration of central government‚ it would lead to a loss of individual and state rights
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The Democratic - Republican Party was founded in 1792 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and was characterized as strict constructionist‚ which meant that members believed that the constitution should be interpreted by what was written. The ideas of the Democratic-Republicans were opposed to those of the Federalist who believed in loose interpretation. Both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison served as presidents under the Democratic - Republican Party. Jefferson served from March 4‚ 1801 – March
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The conflict that took place in the 1790’s between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists made a huge impact on American History. Alexander Hamilton led the Federalists and focused mainly on the city businesses as well as manufacturing interests of the seaports. On the other side‚ the Anti-Federalists whom were led by Thomas Jefferson represented the rural farmers and southern interests. With the Federalists favoring more federal involvement and the anti-federalists advocating states rights
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more about how the words could be interpreted in today’s society‚ and a strict constructionist believes that every word in the law is written very carefully‚ and therefore would just interpret the law considering exactly how it was constructed into mind. Justice Brennan’s argument that the 8th amendment would deem the death penalty unconstitutional could be correct according to a judicial activist‚ but a strict constructionist may rule differently. One clear example of judicial activism is from the
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parties were still somewhat true to their founding ideas‚ but not completely. The different parties had started to let go of their strong stances and instead begin to take a more‚ middle of the road viewpoint. The Jeffersonians began to sway from their strict constructionism partly‚ as they passed things like the 1st Bank of the United States‚ which went against almost everything the Jeffersonians were for and allowed the government to read-into the constitution. As the Jeffersonians started letting go
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On June 26‚ 1995‚ the Supreme Court decided on the case Vernonia School District v. Acton as to whether or not random drug testing of high school athletes violated the reasonable search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment. During the 1980 ’s and 1990 ’s there was a large increase in drug use. The courts decision was a strong interpretation of the Fourth Amendment and the right decision upon drug testing high school athletes. Between 1985 and 1989 the Vernonia School District began to see
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the states. It believed that the federal government’s power should be restrained and limited‚ so that it would not be able to become tyrannical or try and undermine the power of the states and the people. Also‚ Jeffersonian philosophy advocated a strict interpretation of the Constitution. They took the words of the Constitution at face value‚ and did
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years after the Tripolitan War‚ the Embargo Act was enacted to avoid yet another war‚ which was the reason for Jefferson’s pressure on Congress to pass it. The Embargo Act‚ however‚ was an example of Jefferson’s Jeffersonian Republicans’ "strict constructionist" ideal because a compromise in the Constitution stated that Congress had the power to regulate foreign trade. Jefferson’s main goal was to avoid war‚ but the Embargo Act only delayed what seemed to be the inevitable. The
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