Since history, America’s national government has had an excellent and ingenious political structure. In understanding this statement, one requires having an understanding the American government that is inclusive of federalism, the U.S Constitution, branches of government, and interest groups. All these concepts of the federal government present roles, structures, and processes that possess strengths and weaknesses or positive and negative implications in the field of democracy. Consequently, it presents a tall order for the evaluation of the nation’s government that enhances a review of the necessities of a functional entity. The U.S Constitution The U.S constitution protects all individual citizens and groups as outlined in its amendments. An instance of the constitution’s role in the protection of the mentioned subjects concerns the right to vote, particularly on the grounds of color, sex or race. The U.S constitution possesses a structure in place limits the authority exercised by any of the branches of the government through the separation of powers. One major strength of the U.S. Constitution concerns its flexibility to the diversifying social and political views, necessities along with the nation’s demands. Balkin describes the “American constitution as one of the greatest ever developed owing to the difference in ways that it can be understood its ability to change with present situations” (Balkin, 2012). [Show Less]