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Strict vs Broad Construction
Title: Strict vs Broad Construction
Category: History
Details: Words: 809 | Pages: 3.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Strict vs Broad Construction
What They Really Were
During the period of 1801-1817, the clash of the Republican views on the constitution were argued against the opinions of the Federalist. The Republicans believed in interpreting the constitution strictly, meaning that Congress or the President define the constitution as is- word for word, while the Federalist party held the opinions of broad constructionists, that Congress or the President had the right to interpret the constitution based on connotation. The Jeffersonian Republicans …showed first 75 words of 809 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 809 total…being strict constructionists when Jefferson and Madison were not in a position of high powers. As Jefferson says in document G, “I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also and keep pace with the times.”
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