States still have a lot of reserved rights. There are a lot of provisions in the constitution that seem useless to us, but they existed solely to appease the anti-federalists by reserving more power to the states.
For example, the US senate may seem unfair to us because it gives tiny states like Wyoming the same representation as large states like California. The senate exists because under the original Articles of the Confederation, each state had one vote in Congress; and small states wouldn’t have ratified the Constitution if they were to completely give up that right. References :
That’s a very broad question and could take a long discussion (and deserves one)
As simply as I can, I would say that these two groups have strong differences in their views of an American direction. Basically more government "control" versus less government "interference".
While both sides of this coin have opposing agendas they both have some good ideas, it is hard to knock either side for their "basic" positions but each has a radical percentage of members. At a Constitutional Convention, each side wins a little and gives a little, thus giving America a more balanced picture of what the people share as core values.
I would have loved to be a fly on the wall at our Country’s Constitutional Convention, Lord Almighty that must have been a thrilling time. To view the birth of freedom at it’s inception. References : Oh Please if someone has a time machine give me a ride. It doesn’t have to be round trip.
November 17th, 2009 at 9:29 am
States still have a lot of reserved rights. There are a lot of provisions in the constitution that seem useless to us, but they existed solely to appease the anti-federalists by reserving more power to the states.
For example, the US senate may seem unfair to us because it gives tiny states like Wyoming the same representation as large states like California. The senate exists because under the original Articles of the Confederation, each state had one vote in Congress; and small states wouldn’t have ratified the Constitution if they were to completely give up that right.
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:46 am
homework question? maybe wikipedia and/or google would be your best source.
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:59 am
watch fox news, anti-federalism at its worst.
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November 17th, 2009 at 10:26 am
That’s a very broad question and could take a long discussion (and deserves one)
As simply as I can, I would say that these two groups have strong differences in their views of an American direction. Basically more government "control" versus less government "interference".
While both sides of this coin have opposing agendas they both have some good ideas, it is hard to knock either side for their "basic" positions but each has a radical percentage of members. At a Constitutional Convention, each side wins a little and gives a little, thus giving America a more balanced picture of what the people share as core values.
I would have loved to be a fly on the wall at our Country’s Constitutional Convention, Lord Almighty that must have been a thrilling time. To view the birth of freedom at it’s inception.
References :
Oh Please if someone has a time machine give me a ride. It doesn’t have to be round trip.