“The Constitution is simply a set of rules about making rules.” It is full of regulations and principles, such as the separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism. Overall, the Constitution is the outline of our government and political processes. It is unbelievable how little the Constitution has changed in over two hundred years withstanding all the political turmoil this country has been through. Jonathan Schnell and Sebastian Mallaby view the Constitution in two different views. Jonathan Schnell believes the Constitution yields too much power to Cong

Sebastian Mallaby discusses how Americans are unified in everything except democracy. Your taught in school about the Declaration of Independence and you live by it, but while it was established for the people, or rather in the name of the people, it still ignores the problems of the everyday person. I think the part of the article that talks about idealism and cynicism is true. “It is precisely because of their idealistic expectations that Americans have fallen into cynicism. Because they are idealistic, Americans are constantly proposing ways of improving their political system. When these proposals fail, cynicism prevails (pg. 11).” I think that this is true because Americans have unrealistic requests and when these requests aren’t fulfilled, there is distrust in the government.

In the article, “The Future of Democracy,” the author discusses electronic voting and direct democracy. Advantages to direct voting are that everyone has a chance to voice their opinions, but the majority succeeds. But, that’s the only advantage to electronic voting. Certain requirements should be made in order for citizens to be allowed to cast votes. First and foremost, they must be able to get to the polls. Arrangements are made for bus transportation and carpools, polls are opened longer, and still turnout is low. Another requirement is that one must be able to read a ballot. As was not the case this year in Florida, a batch of senior citizens claimed to have been disenfranchised when they failed to read ballots correctly.

In conclusion, it is not difficult to understand that America, even with its fa

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