The Articles of Confederation limited power. Congress had full authority over foreign, military, and Indian affairs, it could decide boundaries between the states. Congress had no authority to regulate commerce or to operate directly over the citizens.The United States had insufficient funds, the nation's debt went unpaid, hampering its credit, without
centralized authority to regulate commerce, states taxed imports from other states, which in turn stunted economical growth. The lack of military power allowed Spain to block commercial access by robbing and pirating the ships coming into the Mississippi River. In all there was to much freedom and not enough order.
There was also no different branches of government. Legislative branch, Executive Branch, and the Judicial branches were created to divide the power up between the three branches. The Legislative branch passes the laws, The Executive branch which consists of the President right to veto and grant pardons,main decisions of the wellness of the United States, the Judicial branch, which carries out or enforces the laws.
The Supreme court ruling of Marbury v. Madison showed that the Constitution specifies which types of cases the Supreme Court could hear as an original matter, the section of the Judiciary Act that expanded the courts original jurisdiction conflicted with the Constitution.
The United States government is more like the Anti-federalist. The courts today uphold laws they shouldn't and allow the ones they should never question to be questions in the first place. The world is a changing. There are many things happening in today's world. Gay marriages, Same sex parenting now whether it is right or wrong is a whole new ballgame. I don't care to enter that discussion. I believe the problems arouse with prayer took out of school. i pledged allegiance every morning in school to my flag that someone lost their life fighting for me to have rights. I am proud of my freedom and as a country I believe we need to concentrate on matters at home. War is never a good thing but no one should fight in vain either.
Robert DeVaney
ReplyDeleteI agree of how well the power is split up between the branches. They each contain their own responsibilities and meet their requirements. I also agree with the first part. The power was definitely limited and lacked the authority that the government needed to make this a more successful country. Too much freedom can sometimes be a bad thing.
i did not know spain blocked commercial access. i couldnt agree with you more about the world changing! i loved the pledge of allegience and prayer-and now people just burn the flag in broad daylight. it seems these days everything and everyone is entitled to anything they want-lord forbid we offend anyone or ask someone to stand for something. what scares me is how in the heck as a state or nation can you support anything GAY? even if you dont believe in the lord do you at least support the celebration and continuation of life? anyways i enjoyed your post and comments
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ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more that the articles had not enough power and too much freedom. The idea that the government did not provide enough military that Spain blocked commercial access would be more dangerous than having more power and not enough access. Not having commercial access can be life threating to the country if they depended on what Spain blocked from being delivered.
ReplyDeleteThere was definitely a lack of power in the United States government under the Articles of Confederation. Debts were unpaid, defenses were weak, the government was not organized to operate effectively. Without the Constitution this country would have collapsed long ago. I have to disagree with your view on the US government favoring an anti-federalist view, but you definitely made some very good points. I definitely agree that a lot of problems arisen from pray er being taken out of schools. I think this country, morally, has lost its way.
ReplyDeleteI too believe the World is changing fast. The United States should focus more on the issues in our country. I disagree with war too; I think there are other actions that could be taken before going straight to war. I too believe prayer should be allowed in schools, but I am glad it never affected my school. We prayed before every sports event.
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ReplyDeleteI agree as well, the US is far to focused on everybody else and needs to bring its eyes back on the homefront
ReplyDeleteHi, Donna, Sarah Ham, here. I agree with your comments about the way the government has become less based on the ideals set in the Constitution, but I actually said that I felt it was more like the Federalists envisioned because the State power has significantly lessened in power due to dependency on the federal government from people as well as states.
ReplyDeleteDonna I totally agree with you. Too many things that this country has always been based on is being taken away from us and we are getting involved with and creating more unneccesary issues. The US is changing and the national government needs to get more control and go by the constitution like we always have. Prayer should always be allowed and so should our pledge. Why should things be changed now?!?!
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