In the middle of Washington's stay the 11th amendment was added to the constitution. Following Washington's two term presidency, John Adams was voted in as a Federalist for one term from 1797-1801, following him for two terms was Thomas Jefferson as a Democratic-Republican from 1801-1809, in which the 12th amendment was added to revise the electoral-college procedure. Those three presidents being so closely involved with the new government helped choose the Congress members, so there was very little difference of opinion between the two branches, other than two amendments most of t...

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In Article IV, Section 2 the delegates wrote that runaway slaves had to be returned to their masters and could not be liberated. ... Amendment X can be interpreted as the final statement contributing to the future of African slaves in the new republic. ... Today the sections of the Constitution concerning slavery are substituted by amendments abolishing slavery in our society. ...

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It has the following key features: (i) It is a written document which has its origins in John Locke's notion of - Limited government' (a) laws are written and knowable (b) the property rights of citizens take precedent over government (ii) Madisonian Model rests on federal government with three distinctive branches: • the Legislature (House of Representatives and Senate is Congress) • the Executive (President plus executive departments) • the Judiciary (the most influenti...

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LIBERTARIANISM Two hundred and twelve years ago thirty nine signatures spoke, gracing its delicate spaceless yet palatial surface with the ease and wave of a single downy bowed quill. Seventeen hundred and eighty seven was the year that the most momentous document in the United States his...

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This remedy was the Tenth Amendment which states: "The powers not delegated to the United Stated by the Constitution, nor provided by the States, are reserved to the States respectfully, or to the people." ...

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