Question

Please- Need a quick answer! The U.S. government is based upon John Locke's idea of a social contract, but the nation has changed since 1789, and thus, so has the interpretation of the social contract. Provide examples of how the social contract was first interpreted by the Framers and then how the interpretation has evolved. Decide whether you think the main focus of the contract still holds as intended by the framers, more than 200 years later. Use specific landmark Supreme Court case as examples to support your answer.

Answer 1

From the Framers point of view, the social contract theory was based on the idea that people come together to form a society wherein they provide power to a government in exchange for security, protection, and welfare. Today, social contract is not considered as the agreement that provides all the powers of the government since there are powers that are not a result of what the people offer or demand.