The second section provides instructions to complete a two to four page paper. Details are included.

Section 1

This section should have a word count of 100 words or more.

After you have finished all of the work for Week 2 in the Modules, take a few moments here to summarize  and discuss what you have learned.  What most interested or surprised you as you considered "The Framework of Government" in the United States?

Section 2

Please follow the instructions provided by the instructor below:

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

--James Madison, 1788

In the above words, the "Father of the Constitution," as he came to be called, James Madison, summarized a key dilemma in crafting a good system of government: "you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."  In an original micro-essay of your own composition, describe here in 2-4 pages (12-point Times New Roman font, 1" margins, double-spaced) how the Missouri Constitution and the U.S. Constitution both independently and, in relation to to each other, "first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."  A strong essay will point to specific examples in both documents, and incorporate such principles as "federalism," as Volkomer described it, and the formation of the United States as a "republic," rather than as simply a "democracy,"