The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding Fathers

Separation of Powers: Branches of government with different powers.Few of us entirely escape our times and places. It is often called the supreme law of the land. Self Government: Government by the people and We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Americans in great numbers are rediscovering their founding fathers in such best-selling books as Joseph. Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as. The Constitution of the United States is the foundation of our Federal Government.Inherent rights: Rights that anyone living in America has.

The purpose of our Federal Government, as found in the Preamble of the Constitution, is to 'establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity.' In order to achieve this purpose the Founding Fathers established three main principles on which our Government is based: The power to impeach a federal official such as the president has been exercised rarely in American history, and U.S. It is a republic because the Government derives its power from the people. It is representative because people choose elected officials by free and secret ballot. It is a democracy because people govern themselves. Here is the essential, 45-page, pocket-size edition. That is, we have an indivisible union of 50 sovereign States. The Constitution establishes a federal democratic republic form of government. They also spell out human and civil rights similar to those contained in the US document. No person or government is exempt from following it. The Constitution, written in 1787, is the 'supreme law of the land' because no law may be passed that contradicts its principles. The foundation of our American Government, its purpose, form and structure are found in the Constitution of the United States.

The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding Fathers