"To a great extent the Constitution is a document with as many checks upon the power of the people and majority rule as upon the power of the government." Assess the validity of this statement.

When the Constitution was first created, the people of America feared another tyranny, like the one they just had escaped from Great Britain. Therefore, they wanted the central government to be as weak as possible. However, after the founding fathers saw the failures of Articles of Confederation, they realized that change was necessary. Therefore, the new government, (in which they outlined in the Constitution) was one in which the national government was more powerful. However, …

…balanced. As Lord Acton once said, "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely", reinforcing the idea that the concentration of all powers in the hands of one person may allow that person to abuse that power and to bring harmful and devastating changes to the men and women of America. With help from Montesquieu and Locke, the founding fathers of America drafted the Constitution to make this nation the free and secure nation it is today.