Did the framers of the Constitution intend for a real parity of power or was their intent to give one level of government much more control?
2007-07-04 08:00:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
They meant for the Legislative to be in charge and the Executive was supposed to carry out the will of the Legislative.
The Executive Branch was never meant to be as powerful as it is today.
2007-07-04 08:04:06 · answer #1 · answered by ck4829 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The framers of the Constitution believed so strongly in their intentions and purpose that they wrote it down and all signed it. Anyone who has a 5th grade education can read the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and it will state quite plainly the intentions of the framers. The documents are not hard to understand but easy to twist to personal intents such as Separation of Church and State. Intent by framers was to not have a National religion such as The Church of England but to allow one to practice the religion of choice. Thus freedom of religion. Many who would harm our Country use our Constitution to do so.
2007-07-04 08:19:54 · answer #2 · answered by Cactus 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The intent was not only to prevent any branch from becoming more powerful over the other two, but also to give individual governments much more control over their own affairs.
Obviously, this is no longer the case.
2007-07-04 08:13:15 · answer #3 · answered by preludicrous 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Executive Branch is getting more and more powerful. It's a shame for both parties, but republican Presidents are the ones who tended to get tyrannical, hiring many lawyers to fight congress at every turn to get more executive powers to become more and more powerful, (like dictators, if you will). Thank God, the Executive Branch isn't that powerful.....yet.
2007-07-04 08:12:31 · answer #4 · answered by little timmie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have parity of power. What we do not have is individuals and minority groups over-running the will of the majority.
As individuals, we all have the same thing: The right to vote, to form blocs of voting power (pacs) and the right to run for office.
The US Constitution is plain on who else does what.
2007-07-04 08:12:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Probably the legislature. That's why it's Article I. It was the preeminent branch until the late 19th c.
2007-07-04 08:04:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋