The United States Constitution

1. The United States Constitution is the foundation of the nation. Discuss how the nation is able to rule millions of people while provided power to the masses. Do not use generalities; demonstrate your answer's accuracy by using TWO historical examples that exhibits how law has conflicted with the liberties of citizens and how citizens have "revolted" and won by using the Bill of Rights.

The United States Constitution written to limit the government powers. In the constitution there are three branches of government the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. These branches are balanced in power by the Checks and Balances; this means that no one branch has more power over the other two. The Executive Branch which consists of the President and his cabinet member such as the Secretary of State, Vice President, Treasurer is responsible for employing laws that are created by the Legislative Branch. The Legislative Branch which is the largest branch consists of The House of Representatives and The House of Senate. The Legislative Branch creates the laws of the nation. The legislative branch also overrules the presidential veto, when the president does not want to use the law, he can veto it. The last branch in the government is the Judicial Branch. The Judicial Branch consists of all the courts raging from the district you live in to the Supreme Court of the United States. An example on the way the government operates using the branches of government would be how a bill becomes a law. First a member of the congress must introduce a bill, after the bill was looked at by the clerk and it was approved the by the committee the bill moved on to the Senators and House of Representivses where it would be voted on, if it is approved by the congress it will be passed on to the President which is the Executive Branch. Then the president may sign the bill or he may not. If he does not sign the bill then the congress can overrule it and make it law if two-thirds of the majority voted for the bill. The Balance of power was represented here because the congress even though the president did not approve the congress has another chance to make it a law without the President's signature. The Judicial branch would have a say in the bill if it was categorized to be unconstitutional.

The government is broken down into three types of governments Federal, State, and Local governments. These three governments interact with each other to govern the people. The people are governed because depending on where they go the laws will be different. For example in the state of New York you cannot make a right on a red light, but in the state of New Jersey you can. This is a form of State government power. The people are governed from state to state because the states have own ways to run the state. The state governments make laws regarding education, healthcare, and issuing birth certificates. The people are kept on a leash because since