What did the Founding Fathers assume about human nature and how did the design the Constitution to deal with it?

The Founding Fathers believed humans are basically .

is a constitutional doctrine whereby selected parts of the Bill of Rights are made to apply to the states through the DUE PROCESS CLAUSE of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Describe the process by which the Constitution is amended.

is trying a person for the same crime twice at the same level of government and is prohibited by the Constitution.

Process Scenario: Read the following scenario and find the 4 problems in the description. Be sure to indicate what would correct the problem or what would actually happen. The Senate passed a bill (55-45) declaring it illegal to breath air without a government certificate. The bill was passed after a ¾ cloture vote ended the filibuster made by a Senator from Texas. The House Ways and Means Committee approved the Senate bill, but added an amendment fining all Americans $1 to cover the cost of breathing last year. The House passed it by a vote of 345-100. The bill was sent to a conference committee and the different bills were reconciled by maintaining the fine introduced by the House. The House and Senate voted again to pass the bill and sent it to the President with a simple majority vote. The President waited less than 24 hours to veto the bill and returned it to Congress with his list of reasons for opposing the legislation. The bill was overridden by the required ¾ vote of the House and Senate.

is an agreement among two or more states over a common issue or resource (e.g., river water management). The Constitution requires that Congress approve most such agreements.

My term of office is four years .

occurs every 10 years to reapportion the House of Representatives based on the Census. The states are responsible for this and often draw the lines in such a way as to favor one party, group or race (i.e., Gerrymandering).

The was developed by Benjamin Franklin before the revolution to protect against the French. It formed the basis for the Articles of Confederation