framers

(noun)

The authors of the American Constitution.

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Examples of framers in the following topics:

  • The Framers of the Constitution

    • The Framers of the Constitution were delegates to the Constitutional Convention who took part in drafting the proposed U.S.
    • The Framers of the Constitution were delegates to the Constitutional Convention and helped draft the Constitution of the United States .
    • Some historians consider the "Founding Fathers" to be a larger group, which includes not only the Signers and the Framers but also ordinary citizens who took part in winning American independence and creating the United States of America.
    • The framers of the Constitution had extensive political experience.
  • Amending the Constitution

    • To protect the Constitution from hasty alteration, the framers of the Constitution wrote Article V.
    • However, the Framers of the Constitution worried that too many changes would harm the democratic process.
    • To protect the Constitution from hasty alteration, the framers wrote Article V .
    • The Framers supported a process that would allow the newly created constitution to change, but also made sure it could not be changed too quickly.
  • The Representation Function

    • However, others argue that the framers intended for the Connecticut Compromise to construct the Senate so that each state had equal footing that was not based on population.
  • Checks and Balances

    • This concept is not written into the Constitution, but was envisioned by many of the Constitution's Framers.
  • Advice and Consent

    • Several framers of the U.S.
  • Democratic Governments

    • Direct democracy was very much opposed by the framers of the United States Constitution and some signatories of the Declaration of Independence.
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