Revision

Prerevision

Controversy is nothing new to American politics. For years politicians have argued and shouted to convince the voters that they were the correct choice for the country, that they had the solutions to everyone’s problems. But over the years there has developed a disturbing trend in political debate. While politicians argue over what should be done and what can be done, there has been almost no debate over what they are allowed to do. Simply stated over the years the government has forgotten, or just plain ignored its constitutional restraints. Many politicians view these as inconveniences and are often quick to bypass them when they are able. This has become a huge issue in politics, and it is an issue that no one is talking about.

When the constitution was created the framers had to basic principles in mind. Creating the groundwork that would allow them to build a new government, and the limitation of that government’s power, to assure that it was never abused by those in control. As stated by the tenth amendment “Powers not delegated to the United States By the Constitution nor powers nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively or to the people.”(Amendment 10, Constitution).

Final revision

Controversy is nothing new in American politics. For years politicians have argued and shouted in order convince the voters that they were the correct choice for the country, that they had the solutions to everyone’s problems. But over the years there has developed a disturbing trend in political debate. While politicians argue over what should be done and what can be done, there has been almost no debate over what they are allowed to do. Simply stated over the years the government has forgotten, misinterpreted, or just plain ignored its constitutional restraints. Many politicians view these as inconveniences and are often quick to bypass them when they are able. This has become a huge issue in politics, and it is one that no one is talking about.

When the constitution was created the framers had two basic principles in mind. Creating the groundwork in order to build a new government, and limiting that government’s power, to assure that it was never abused by those in control. Many people know basic Constitutional Amendments such as a freedom of assembly, the right to a fair trial, protection from unreasonable searches and seizures. These amendments limit the government’s actions by forbidding any act that goes against these basic rights. But there is another amendment that is less well known by the American public that is broken fairly frequently nowadays. The tenth amendment which states that “All powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor powers nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively or to the people.” (Constitution) Basically any power not given to the federal government by the constitution is held by the individual states, this along with other parts of the constitution is designed to keep the government’s power from growing to large.