Framers Of The Constitution



Framers Of The Constitution

Introduction

In the United States Constitution is a document which sets out the framework of federal (national) governments the United States. It was written in 1787 in the "Constitutional Convention", held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is that we now call Independence Hall. 55 men in the Convention, entitled "Fathers" in the United States, and also known as the creators of the Constitution. (Kelly & Winfred, 1976)

Pick an event from 1608 to 1789 that you think the framers of the Constitution specifically addressed in the Constitution. How did they do this?

17 September, 1787, thirty-nine delegates to the Constitutional Convention, held in the summer heat of Philadelphia in over four months, have signed a document in which they worked so hard to produce. In both the Constitution and the ensuing discussion, it has been ratified, the struggle for the purchase of a new system of government is not an easy one. But in the end, America has joined in support of what has, as an old working constitution in the modern world. (Moran, 1895)

Today, there are two competing schools of interpretation the meaning of the Constitution. There are those who say that the Constitution is a "living document" and what is good about the Constitution is that it is infinitely malleable, allowing me to change as circumstances warrant. This interpretation has been described most succinctly in the late Supreme Court Justice William Brennan:

Genius Constitution rests not in any static meaning it had in the world who had died and gone, but also to adapt its great principles to solve current problems and current needs.

Write about two things you just learned concerning the contents of the Constitution?

This interpretation was a constitutional means by which the majority of social and welfare programs, as well as affirmative action and other "collective rights" measures have been implemented. The problem with this understanding, in addition to those that do not correspond to reality, is that it means, ultimately, the Constitution does not make sense. Or rather, it means that we want it to mean. But then why would anyone be bound by someone else's understanding of the Constitution, that someone is a judge, Congress or the President? (Levy, 1988) If you disagree with the idea of "changing the Constitution" and the derivative expansion of governmental power, some legal scholars and political leaders have put forward the need for a jurisprudence ...