POLI2327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bicameralism, Federalist No. 78, United States Constitution
1 Apr 2014
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Lecture 4: other ways to limit the government without court ruling, new york city mayor changed to 3 years instead of 2 years for bloomberg. Violated the constitution but punished in the long run: people can rise up siting a tradition/precedent and can punish people for violating the. Needed unanimity or super majority: federal government had no right to tax, had to as state governments to contribute, but no states really wanted to, no president. Who they called president was just presiding officer over congress: no judiciary at all. Had state judges and that"s it: didn"t trust judges, country was described as a league of firm friendship , couldn"t amend articles except by unanimous vote, articles caused paralysis and dysfunction. Fear that us would be taken over by other countries: no military, shay"s rebellion, there was a recession, farmers were in debt, farmers were losing houses and farms.
