The Constitution Right from the beginning of it's creation the constitution of
the United States has been a shaky document. The very basis for it being
there was in fact illegal. The story of American politics starts with the
Declaration of Independence. This document was brilliantly written by
Thomas Jefferson and compacted all of the great ideas of enlightenment into
one short easy to read paper. The declaration stated all of the ideals the new
American nation would strive for. A constitution was needed as a way in
which to fulfill those goals. The articles of confederacy were created as that
constitution. However, they were weak, because no state wanted to give
away any of their powers, and so the articles eventually failed. That is when
the modern day constitution was starting to form. The Articles of
Confederacy stated that in order to change any part of the document all
thirteen states must agree to the change. Therefor a meeting was called so
that they could amend the failing articles. However, representatives from two
of the states did not show up. Even though not all states were represented the
meeting started and the first vote was to totally throw away the Articles of
Confederacy. The constitution wasn't formed yet and it was already a flawed
document. Because not all states were represented when the articles required
it, the constitution was an illegal document. The delegates working on the
constitution new that they needed a stronger document, because the articles
proved too weak, but it still needed...