POLSCI 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Wield, Connecticut Compromise, Supremacy Clause
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Implies rules should be applied with an unbiased attitude towards all including government officials. Authoritarian societies do not follow the same rules as citizens; higher powers do what they want without the same repercussions. Constitutions form the basis of most democratic societies: legislatures make statutory laws. The constitution determines who can be a legislature, what a legislature can do, and their rules. A legit constitution tells who can wield power and what kind of power these officials have (in which everyone knows and understands: collective action problem. American revolution did not want to pay for war reparations but enjoyed the freedom won from the war: u. s. colonies. Currency from state to state was not unison so it made trade (especially foreign) very difficult. Failures of confederation: could not solve collective dilemmas among the states, competition for foreign commerce, one state could veto amendments, states did(cid:374)"t pay de(cid:271)ts, did(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)tri(cid:271)ute to (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) goals-taxes were optional.
