How the U.S. Constitution is still relevant in today's society

Article Summary:

U.S. Constitution is at the centre of attention. Many of the politicians believe that it is in conflict with many current political practices. The new republican government is working on an amended version of the constitution. According to this article, we are in constitution crisis, and many of the current practices violate our constitution. Many politicians believe that constitution limit the federal government, but it can be seen that there are many articles that give the federal government a full freedom to make the required changes and steps in the government.

Discussion

Before discussing the US constitution and its relevance to the current situation, I would have a look at the history of the US constitution. Then I will discuss the issues that have been pointed out in article.

The US Constitution embodies the concepts on which the US system of government is based. The law of the land since 1789, it establishes a federal republic, balancing the power of the states and that of the federal government. In the federal government, power is divided among three separate branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The constitutional document comprises a short preamble followed by seven articles which include the organization, powers and procedures of the legislative branch (Congress); the powers of the President and executive; the powers of the judiciary, including the Supreme Court; the rights of the states; and procedures for amending the Constitution. The articles are followed by 26amendments, the first ten of which are known as the Bill of Rights (although later amendments also deal with civil rights issues).

The others cover such matters as the election, death or removal of the President, and eligibility to stand for election to Congress. Drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 held in Philadelphia, the Constitution was adopted after it had been ratified by nine of the states. Connections between the second US Constitution (1787), now the world's oldest written constitution, and its British and colonial precedents were obvious to its framers. The American War of Independence (1775-1783) ended with the Treaty of Paris (1783), which provided for thirteen free and independent sovereign, states, a mirror of the small states of Europe in size but politically a mirror of British counties. In 1787 an elite of fifty-five delegates met in Philadelphia. Rhode Island sent no delegation. Two-thirds of New York's delegation went home. George Washington of Virginia presided.

The stated purpose was to "revise" the 1777 Articles of Confederation under which the Americans had won their independence. James Madison's Virginia Plan, presented by Edmund Randolph, set aside that charge and advocated a strong central government, which the convention approved on September 17, 1787. The document still more closely resembled the British order than that proposed after 1789 by the French Republic. The central government would have a strong executive, a bicameral legislature, and layered courts. The thirteen "states" lost their sovereignty and retained only powers not granted by the constitution to the central government, being more powers, ...