Constitutional Framers Research Paper

Constitution was created to lay the foundation of laws in the newly formed United States of America in 1787. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Thomas Paine, and John Adams all wrote the Constitution with one common goal of all men receiving right to the natural freedoms of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” These were all rights that could not be infringed upon; they were the core principles of a nation that arose above previous colonial oppressions. The framers, when creating the Constitution, had to make sure that every individual voice was being heard and that laws were made in a fair, orderly manner. Today, the Constitution continues to be the overarching law of the United States, and even its framers might not necessarily agree with some of its modern-day interpretations. Even though the Constitutional framers would be satisfied overall in how the United States government is run, as

constitution would not approve of creating an amendment without the check of the federal government. According to Alexander Hamilton, the public “seldom judge or determine right”. Hamilton and many other founding fathers felt this way, as stated in the The Founding Fathers: An Age of Realism, because “to them a human being was an atom of self interest” (Hofstadter 6). Even though the interests of the general public were more than important to the Constitution framers, the framers knew that a government without any additional checks from the federal government in the decision making process would result in the interests of the many going unheard. Although technically Constitutional, the founding fathers would prefer an amendment process that would go through the checks of both states and the federal government to ensure that the amendment was in the interest the major parts of American