On May 14th of 1787, there was a meeting held in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to look over the articles of confederation. It was in this convention that they decided that instead of revising the articles they would altogether create a new document that would be the backbone of what the government is made of. The most important concepts discussed during te convention was
"how much power to allow the central government, how many representatives in Congress to allow each state, and how these representatives should be elected—directly by the people or by the state legislators."
Giving the central government power was undoubtedly federalism, as they are spreading powers through out the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. For example, giving the legislative branch the power to propose laws, is in support of the government having power, which greatly leans towards federalism; a strong central government.
At the end of the constitution one can find the bill of rights, which is anti-federalism, because it is in favor of individual by directly addressing their rights as citizens of the United States. They also put limits on the different branches of governments powers, which from a point of view could lean towards anti-federalism, although they are simply trying to keep government form turning into a tyrant. 'By the people for the people' has also been thought to be a form of anti-federalism, because it is the people choosing for themselves, instead of a strong central government choosing for the people.
I chose to interview my father about what he thinks of the constitution. He says it is a good document, BUT, is often overlooked/misused.
While I was talking to him I was typing what he said as fast as I could.:
"Constitution most misused(from a minority perspective) document. misused in our history because if you look @ how its written and when it was written there is obviously different menanings because there was a different background when they wrote those ammendments......
There were laws passed that singled out minorities and how they treay minorities which should've been eliminated based off of the constitution, for example segregation and other things that shouldnt have ever taken place."
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=9
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
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