Government Homework #2

  Not in anyway giving anyone permission to plagiarize or copy this and also not verifying the authenticity of any of the information. Also note that there are probably no sources listed and I am not one myself, so don't quote me. This is just some of my homework; thought it might be interesting to someone:

 The two arguments I found to be most persuasive and relevant to the United States government today were the Federalist arguments for "the fate of states under proposed constitution" and "religious tests."  In arguing for the "fate of states," the Anti-Federalists were convinced that the federal government would absorb the rights of states, causing them to be broken down into districts, similar to the way that our individual states are today. They also believed this would inhibit peoples' rights to self-govern and create state laws and governments according to that particular population's preferences. The Federalist argument was that without an overseeing federal government, each state would have too much individual power and be free to abuse the federal government and the people of the state. I believe that, tying into my second point, the Federalists were correct about this, because there was already state abuse of power going on in trade and other laws that affected more than just the state passing them. I think that this issue is very relevant today because there have been ongoing debates about states' rights since the foundation of the country that continue into today. Recent examples would be Alabama's immigration laws or the banning of same-sex marriages in many states; many citizens feel both are beyond the rights of individual states.

  The second argument I found to be persuasive was that of religious tests. Anti-Federalists believed that the Constitution was wrong in banning tests for religion because such tests could prevent people who were thought to be in lesser religions from holding offices. Federalists thought that freedom of religion and freedom from religious discrimination or persecution was a key to the Constitution. I believe that, once again, the Federalists made an excellent point in this because this belief is essential to American society and politics today. Additionally, allowing religious tests for office could have perpetuated other types of unconstitutional restrictions for office like race or gender. This is an issue relevant to politics today because Mitt Romney, who is a Mormon, is attempting to run for presidency and might have been hindered by a religious test, just because of people's attitudes or ignorance regarding Mormons. Also, I would like to add that I am not in any way endorsing Mitt Romney, because I do not really like him, I am just saying he should be allowed to run regardless of his religion.