Many people characterize the U.S. Constitution as vague or filled with broad generalities. Others identify it as the source of our basic rights.
It’s neither of those things.
Key to understanding the Constitution is to know that it’s a very well-drafted, fairly precise document granting fiduciary powers, and that it follows 18th-century customs for such documents. It was designed to put into practice the broad principles of the Declaration of Independence to the extent politically feasible.
Grants of Powers
Much of the Constitution is made up of lists of powers granted by the people to persons and groups. Other components are analogous to terms you might find in complex 18th-century documents creating fiduciary relationships—statutes conferring authority, instruments creating trusts or agency relationships, and charters erecting corporations….
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