Dicuss the framers view of the "will of the people", and why they favored representative governments
2006-09-18 14:44:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
the power vested in the elected officials
2006-09-18 14:48:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The officials that were elected to represent the people that elected them should and must follow the will of the people that elected them.
It is saying that they guy you elected should listen to your opinions and go with what the majority of the voters think that he is representing. So basically, there should be no "party lines", no "special interst groups" or "lobbiests". There should just be politicians that are listening to the voters.
As you can see, all these years later and we still haven't gotten that one right.
They favored a representative government because they came from a society that was ruled by a monarch (a monarchy). There was no "voice of the people" or "representative for the people". There was a king telling everyone what to do and how to do it. There was taxation based on nothing more than the order of the King. There were laws made based on what the King thought. Imagine not having any say over the entire wire tapping thing that GW did. It would suck!
2006-09-18 21:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by volleyballchick (cowards block) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were tired of the King making all the laws, and the people having no say. People like to have the freedom to run their own lives (except socialists) so they set up a government where the people had the power instead of a king.
2006-09-18 21:55:39 · answer #3 · answered by Aegis of Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋