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=media type="custom" key="8338614"My score on the Constitution Quiz was 43/50.=

Do now 2/8/11
We have a bank so people have a place to keep their money safe. Banks also give loans to people. Your money can aslo earn interest in the bank.



Someone who believes that government can only do what is said in the Constitution
 * Define in your own words || Comments/Connections/Questions ||
 * Strict Constructionist

Loose Constructionist Someone who believes that government can do something if it's not said in the Constitution as long as it doesn't violate anything else in the Constitution || Jefferson was a strict Constructionist. Why was he a strict constructionist?

Hamilton was a loose construcitonist Why did he think government could do whatever they want if it doesn't violate something that is already there? ||

I am more on the loose constructionist side because Government should be able to do what they think is necesary for the country's benefit.


 * “Every power vested in a Government is in its nature sovereign, and includes … a right to employ all the means requisite [necessary], and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power; and which are not percluded by restrictions & exceptions specified in the constitution.” ||
 * **Alexander Hamilton, 1791** ||

Summary: Government has the power to do what they think is necessary but is still restrained by the rules of the country so they cannot violate anything in the Constitution. He was a loose constructionist


 * “To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition…. The Constitution allows only the means which are “necessary,” not those which are merely “convenient” for effecting the enumerated powers.” ||
 * **Thomas Jefferson, 1791** ||

Summary: Summary: If the government doesn't follow the rules they set exactly then that will lead to corruption and someone will seize all the power. Government must follow the rules and not go against them for their convenience. He was a strict constructionist

Opinion or Fact? The two of them are expressing their opinions because they are saying how they feel about how the Constitution should be interpreted and the two of them have very different views.