The constitution is created in order to establish the framework for the new government. It is necessary for the new government to be able to protect property and promote commerce. The constitution is needed to prevent the issues that were under the Articles of Confederation. In addition to that the framers creating checks and balances in order to prevent the government from having too much democracy or too much governmental power from being a threat to the common good. As a result, the government needed to have the separation of powers principle. There are three branches that are established that requires the separation of powers to work. Those three branches are the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch.
The legislative branch is the one that is directly related to the major goals of the
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The legislative branch is also represented by Congress, which is established to create laws. The powers of Congress include collecting taxes, borrowing money, regulating commerce, declaring war, and maintaining an army. Congress is consisted of two parts, a House of Representatives and a Senate. Members of the House of Representatives have two-year terms in offices and are elected by the people, but not directly. The House is responsible to the people so that popular consent for the new Constitution is encouraged. Meanwhile members of the Senate are appointed rather than elected to prevent Congress from having too much democracy. The Senate members have six-year terms and the one-third of those members have their terms expires every two years so that it is resistant to popular pressure from the people. Both are given different tasks in order for a law to pass. The Senate has the power to ratify treaties as well as approve