#7 The Constitution and We the People - by Jeff Mayhugh

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#7 The Constitution and We the People

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#7 The Constitution and We the People

On Constitution Day, what does it mean to be We the People, and how are our representatives and perhaps future leaders communicating to us?

Sep 20, 2022

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Constitution Day!

Happy Constitution Day! I love our constitution because it balances power by separating it, while also acting as a communication mechanism between government and people, it divides power in our society into four, the three powers that rule us, the Executive, State, and People, and one power that decides for us, the Judiciary. Understanding that each one…

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To the republic...

“A republic, if you can keep it” Benjamin Franklin was referring to the susceptibility of republican government when he made this statement. The idea was that the United States was too large, and that power would naturally become concentrated among a small number of elites. Much of the federal convention was spent debating representation, they wanted to…

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