The Writing Of The Constitution
Beginning of paper
A constitution is the legal structure of our political system, establishing
governmental bodies , determining how their members are selected , and
prescribing the rules by which they make their decisions .
The nation's founders , fifty-five men , met in Philadelphia in the summer
of 1787 to write ....
Middle of paper
.... .The Virginia Plan proposed a two house legislature. A lower
house directly elected by the people of the states based on the population ,
and an upper house elected by the lower house.The congress was to have
broad legislative power ,with veto over laws passed by state legislatures .
The President and cabinet would be elected by legislature. The national
judiciary would be elected by legislature , and their would be a "Council
of Revision" with power to veto laws of Congress.
Delegates from ....
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