Lesson 3 – The Structure of Government
Assignment 1
Key # 12 of our Keys to Understanding the Paradigm of the Founding Fathers states:
The Framers intelligently designed The United States of America to be a complex constitutional representative Republic not a Democracy.
In your opinion why is (or is not) a written constitution more important in a Republic than in any other form of government?
– Assignment 1 Student Comments
Assignment 2
Key # 11 of our Keys to Understanding the Paradigm of the Founding Fathers reads as follows:
The Formula for Freedom is found in the structure of the U. S. Constitution:
Limited, delegated powers. (Enumeration)
Vertical distribution of powers. (Federalism)
Horizontal separation of powers. (Separation)
Checks. (Bridle usurpation)
Balances. (Representation of all interests)
Secured Rights. (Individual sovereignty)
In your opinion why is this constitutional structure method better than any other way to secure and protect freedom? What could happen to cause the structure method to fail?
