Question

Write a paragraph explaining the role of the United States Constitution in American Democracy. What is its purpose?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Constitution has three main functions.  First it creates a national government consisting of a legislative, an executive, and a judicial branch, with a system of checks and balances among the three branches.  Second, it divides power between the federal government and the states.  And third, it protects various individual liberties of American citizens.