Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Chapter 6: Toward a New Constitution

Reading about the struggle of the Constitution reminds me of the backlash that Obama is receiving due to the events in Syria. As the President I know that Obama wants to keep peace in other countries; he wants to make sure that if another country needs help we could lend a helping hand, but in doing so he might displease our own country. While watching congress and senate debate back and forth with John Kerry about the attack on Syria, I couldn’t help but think about the tension that Obama must have been feeling. Obama not only need to win over the approval of congress; he must also win over the help of Russia, with support from our Congress and from Russia, Obama would feel that the citizen’s voice is being heard.

The writing of the Constitution relates to the even that is going on in Congress because the founding fathers had to make sure that each state was being represented. Everybody had to be happy with what they come up with because the founding fathers did not want any backlash to happen, because it could lead to another rebellion.  I thought it was interesting how not everybody came on board to ratify the states. I would assume that being free from British rules would be motivation enough for the states to agree on the terms of the Constitution. It really is interesting to see the Congress volley back and forth with John Kerry because it gives me a visual idea of what went on back when the Constitution was being written.

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