If you were writing a Constitution for the United States today,
in the age of Coronavirus, what would be some of the major ideas you would like that
Constitution to reflect? What is important is not which option you choose, but whyyou
chose that option. Again, keep in mind that I am primarily interested in the integration of
assigned course materials. You may also refer to contemporary media sources should
you wish to do so.
a. Would you like the government set up by the Constitution to allow for majority rule
on all issues, or would you rather allow minorities power to slow or even stop majority
rule? Why?
b. Would you like a system that works rather rapidly to make and implement decisions,
or would you like a system that works fairly slowly? Why?
c. Would you like a central government with great powers, state governments with
great powers, or something inbetween? Why?
d. Would you like the power of the national government concentrated in one branch,
such as in a parliamentary system, or diffused through two or more branches?Why?
e. How is the Constitution you have created similar or different from the U.S.
Constitution? Have you always chosen the most democratic options (remember, the
Founders of the U.S. Constitution often did not)? If not, what other values enter into the
decision to choose the least democratic option? Were these the values that affected the
decisions of the Founders of the U.S. Constitution?