Although the first State constitutions guarded against too much power in the hands of the governor, the people soon found that

a.

the legislature also needed its powers curbed.

b.

no constitution could really prevent this problem.

c.

the qualifications of the office were enough to prevent this problem.

d.

this was best accomplished by keeping the veto power in the hands of the legislature.

Question

Although the first State constitutions guarded against too much power in the hands of the governor, the people soon found that



a. 

the legislature also needed its powers curbed. 


b. 

no constitution could really prevent this problem. 


c. 

the qualifications of the office were enough to prevent this problem. 


d. 

this was best accomplished by keeping the veto power in the hands of the legislature.

anonymous · Answer

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surryyy · Answer

the legislature also needed its powers curbed

micahm · Answer

The Right of the People or the Power of the State
www.constitution.org/2ll/schol/jfp6ch04.htm
The first group was a declaration of rights, in which the right of the people to keep and ... The state power to maintain militias vis-a-vis the federal military power was ... the United States without the consent of a state governor or the declaration of a ..... [T]he constitution ought to secure a genuine [militia] and guard against a ...
McLaughlin: Constitutional History of the United States (1936)
www.constitution.org/cmt/mclaughlin/chus.htm
"For who are a free people? ... controuled, that proper provision is made against its being otherwise exercised. ... It may seem that I have given disproportionally brief attention to the first third of the present century. ... EARLY STATE CONSTITUTIONS . ...... it "placed too much Weight in the Democratic Part of the Constitution.