Ever since I entered high school I have hated the Student Council. The people that get elected are just a group of dictators that run the school the way they want to. Except when it's time to vote and they suddenly want to know what "the people want". Then, just as soon as they win, they turn around and do it again, and it is the same cycle continues. I have learned that Student Councils are like the King John's of the world, they don't want to deal with the people unless they want or need something from them. But instead of sitting and complaining like most people in the 21st century, the people in 1215 got up and revolted, fought, and finally got the change they wanted by creating the Magna Carta, and even after a great deal of time had passed, the inspiration and ideas from the Magna Carta were so powerful, that when the U.S. Constitution was created, framers used it to determine presidents control limits, the Amendment eight, and trial by jury from the charter. So, The Magna Carta being the first English written piece over power restriction laid down the foundation and path for constitutional liberty. .
The barons were overwhelmed with the scutages that King John was pilling upon them for his continuous and unsuccessful wars, seizures of property, and other untasteful doings. So in May 1215, they captured London, and by doing that King John was then forced to meet with them by the Thames River, at Runnymede field and accept and sign the Magna Carta. One of the clauses in the Great Charter stated that "no scutage or aid (special tax) should be imposed without the approval of the general council of the kingdom", and later on this "general council would be Parliament" (Magna Charta or Magna Carter 54). Even though the King signed the Magna Carta, he had no intention about following it, which is different from the Constitution because the president isn't allowed to make most important decisions without the approval from Congress.
