Constitution

As soon as I clicked onto the Constitution website, I was over whelmed.  I automatically scrolled all the way down the page to see how long it was. Then I started to read the intro and saw how the website was formed. I liked how it gave the readers the original text and then on the other side of it was the explanation of the text. The explanations helped me understand the sections. I must admit I didn't exactly know what the Constitution consist of. I knew it had to deal with our laws and executive branch. When reading the intro, it described the constitution in many ways but one descriptive detail I found interesting was, “More a concise statement of national principles than a detailed plan of governmental operation”. What I got out of this is the Constitution is more of guidelines to help or stable the government. There are no instructions on running a successful government hence today’s government system is far from perfect. In the Preamble it uses the word “perfect” I found that surprising and I think they should have used a different word because in the explanation it states how the preamble explains “the purpose of the Constitution.” If people believe that the constitution’s purpose is to aim for perfection they will be let down. They have high expectations that will not be met. I also notice there are lots of rules and requirements in order to be a congressman/woman or representative. I read a couple sections referring to the 17 amendment, I looked up the meaning and it states that “the US is composed of 2 senators from each state elected by the people”. What I liked reading is how everything the branch does involves voting. If they want to impeach the president, new senators/congress, or speaker they have a voting system and they all have a say in the matter just like the people get to vote for our president and propositions.

Section 2 talks about the president and his position regarding controlling military forces. This reminds me of what is happening today with the war situation. The president has to make rational decisions that are best for our safety and the states safety. However it can get complicated and it all comes down to what the president needs to do. Also reading the constitution I got confused and questioned myself the difference between Senates, House of Representatives, and congress since they all function in a different way. I looked up the difference and came to found out that Congress is divided into 2 parts (Senate and House of Representatives.) This makes it clear; the 2 subparts make up the congress. This websites also talks about the Amendments; over 10 of them. I know nothing of the Amendments (besides the most used ones) so when reading I did learn interesting facts and rules. For example, the first 10 Amendments comprise the Bill of Rights, the voting age (18) came to be during the Vietnam War, and basically talks about the rights of society (we, the people). I liked reading what rights we have in courts, taxes, and rules/violations.

To sum it up the constitution, it breaks down what is happening in our government system. I never really went into depth about the Constitution but this website did help me learn what kind of duties our government system has to carry out. Very eye-catching topic!