Who Governs

The framers of the Constitution had a vision for a new nation, and a new government to regulate it. They saw the conditions in which England existed under the monarchy, and decided to construct a different kind of government in which no one faction could hold too much power. Thus, they developed a system of checks and balances to prevent any one of the three separate branches of the government from becoming dominant. Today, the …

…framers of the Constitution had probably planned, it is still far from the monarchy of England. For in truth, Congress relies heavily on the general populous for its decisions. Public opinion will always have a major impact on the way our government runs. So long as the government is working for the people, as it is now, it is in line with the original vision of our nation which was developed by the founding fathers.