U.S. History

[hitman77]

how has the role of government evolved since 1789 to present?

[jno]

erm... a bit, including the area of states' rights. But the tripartite setup of judiciary, executive and legislature has served well; I wish we had it here. America was the world's first invented country, where the whole mechanism of the state had to be begun from scratch. The founding fathers did a remarkably good job