Framers Vs Constitution

The Constitution represented a chance for a new government created by the Framers. After the Articles of Confederation failed, the Constitution represented a new chance for a representative government. However, most Americans recognize this isn’t demonstrated by the creators and the Constitution itself. The Framers were known to be wealthy, property-owning white men. On top of this, of the fifty five creators of the Constitution, twenty five of them enslaved African Americans and exploited Black labor. These groups of men do not represent the majority of Americans and also represent a time where slavery was accepted and even encouraged. The Framers were also strongly restrictive when it came to rights. Most rights in the original Constitution

The courts came to the conclusion that African Americans could not be citizens and therefore amount to nothing more than property. The Framers knew this would happen. The Constitution was created with the idea from many of the Framers that Black people would be nothing more than property. With this decision, a reflection of the Constitution is explained. The Constitution was simply a document to allow for minority groups to be treated as property and prevent minorities from truly experiencing equality. Minorities were consistently abused by this document and the elite white men who created this intended the document to be used as such by allowing the Three-Fifths Compromise and the Dred Scott decision. Generalized language allows for misinterpretation and conflicting views of information found within the Constitution. Language in the Constitution tends to be up for interpretation as there is limited explanation. For example, the executive branch and the powers associated with it are in Article 2 of the Constitution. However, the information contained in this Article is limited and there is a loose understanding of the president’s powers within

This allows a senator to essentially kill a bill by preventing it from ever actually reaching a vote. The Constitution doesn’t explicitly mention the use of filibusters, but it does allow Congress to establish its own rules of procedure. The result of this is a filibuster which allows senators to prevent a vote that could help represent the average American. According to Harry Reid’s article, “The Filibuster Is Suffocating the Will of the American People” claimed, “The Senate is now a place where the most pressing issues facing our country are disregarded, along with the will of the American people overwhelmingly calling for action” (Reid 5). The filibuster prevents senators from being able to vote on important issues that the American people need to discuss. One example of this was Ted Cruz in 2013 when trying to prevent the passage of the Affordable Care Act. He chose to read “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Suess (CNN). The Affordable Care Act eventually passed, but the extension of the vote represents the constant threat that American people face with the loose language of the