Required Documents

2. Argues that the Judiciary needs strengthening because without an independent judiciary, any rights reserved to the people by the Constitution would be worthless since the legislature cannot be relied upon to police itself. Also argued for lifetime appointments to ensure judges can resist bribery from the legislature.
6. an original version of the Constitution that states that each state remained its own sovereign entity, with a unicameral legislature guiding them, that had multiple limitations and eventually failed
7. Argues that unity in the executive branch is a main ingredient for both energy and safety and justifies executive strength by claiming that the slow-moving Congress will be best balanced with an executive branch that will make quick decisions.
8. argued for a strong united republic because it would be more effective than the individual states at controlling factions.
9. set up the supreme law of the US with a Bill of Rights, a clear separation of three branches, and outlined the powers and limits of the federal government

1. written by MLK against segregation
3. states that all people are created equal with unalienable rights and that the government is created to protect these rights
4. First 10 amendments of the Constitution that guarantee individual rights, define that rights not listed are NOT denied to the people and that the power not given to the federal government are given to the states
5. an antifederalist document that said a bill of rights was necessary to protect the people from the government and claimed that Congress had too much power.
8. Proposes a government broken into three branches and states that each branch should be self-sufficient but have checks and balances over one another. Also stated that the Legislative Branch needs to be split further into the HOR and the Senate and that the Judicial Branch needs to be chosen by the president with the Senate's approval.