Political Science

The political system of the United States is clearly stated in the constitution of 1789 after declaration of Independence in 1776. It is a federal system which means the power is divided between the central government and the fifty states. Power doctrine in the US constitution is based on three branches, legislative, Executive and Judicial branch. The legislative branch compose of the house of representative and the senate, the executive branch however, consist of the president, cabinet and the federal department. In the judicial branch, there is the Supreme Court in charge of legal issues in general and the federal courts in charge of the legal issues dealing with each state.

The new constitution and the role
 According to Hamilton (1987), there was an urgent need to come up with a working constitution after independence to define how the government was to operate and to ensure that no State violates the principles behind the new constitution. John Jay and his two friends Robert Livingstone and Gouverneur Morris were acknowledged for coming up with a new constitution that was accepted by the majority. It is worth noting that the draft was more of English laws and never acknowledged most principles that were initially valued before the declaration of independence, the system of governance was almost similar to that of England. However, most of the experts argued that the constitution was drafted by people who had little experience on constitutional matters and were not old enough to understand the deeper meaning of certain ideologies in governance thereby adopting a system that had similar context with the England constitution this led to proposal of amendments in the constitution.
According to Hamilton (1987), the constitution proposed a republican form of governance and the concept was well explained in a more republican form and ignored the democratic principles that were highly valued by some of the delegates during the fight for independence. It is therefore true that most of the people depending on the State of origin were not fully satisfied with the form of governance or system that was proposed in the constitution but they just had to accept it since there was an urgent need to form a new government that could ensure unity of different States. However, some amendments were made to ensure that the interest of different States was protected. For instance, the amendments on appointment of the council were necessary in providing a clear guideline on the method of appointment and the requirements for appointments.  This brought a major change in the new draft (Hamilton, 1987).

Conclusion
It is worth noting that the new constitution had three branches that were technically linked to each other and the functions and the roles of each state were well defined in the constitution. However, the relationship between the central government and the States has improved as a result of the amendments that were proposed since it opened up modalities on elections and appointments.