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America's Documents

war as Protestantism spread through the Middle Atlantic and Southern states (1990). Since that time, Protestantism has been influe...

People's Political Needs as Met by the U.S. Constitution

that national character is essential (1989). While the authors of the Federalist Papers did support states rights to an extent, th...

Reform and the U.S. Constitution

writes for the Yale Law Journal, provides a very compelling argument in the case of reform. His contention was that the Constituti...

Animal Testing Alternatives

doses of a chemical until half the group dies. Even though other countries abandoned this practice years ago in favor of alternati...

Case of Marta Laureano

It has always been the case that as immigrant communities progress through subsequent generations, they demonstrate a greater degr...

Powers of the President as Set Out in the Constitution

been significantly different. The slain presidents compelling fortitude would have all but represented the epitome of balanced pr...

Political Structure of the State of Texas

Governors and Lieutenant Governors serve for two-year terms. The main purpose of this branch is to help enforce rules, regulations...

Omega Three Fatty Acid Intakes from Meat, Fish, or Plant Sources

commonly referred to as an essential fatty acid. This fatty acid is commonly found in flaxseed oil, canola oil, walnut oil, and so...

Constitutional Framers and Checks and Balances

The system that the Framers settled on was that which established and maintained a government consisting of three branches. It wo...

Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War

it devotes practically all of its attention to a bullet-by-bullet account of the fighting surrounding the downing of the American ...

Constitution of the United States and Theories

capable. Under the elitist theory this class (whether as a result of wealth, education, or life position) is regarded as being re...

U.S. Government Organization and Culture

something happens to the Vice President, then the Speaker of the House becomes president. There is a list or a chain of command th...

Gun Ownership and the Rights of the People

Americans are against taking away the rights of individuals to own a gun. But what theyre increasingly demanding is rational cont...

U.S. Articles of Confederation

trade, and it provided for a comparatively weak executive" (About The Articles of Confederation, 2003). As a result of these re...

Defining Judicial Review Throughout History

civil and criminal courts, all lawsuits were treated as civil suits (Long). The victim prosecuted the case rather than any legal r...

New Nation of America and its Founding Documents

official title of the document was unanimously passed on July 2, 1776, signed on July 4, 1776 with an official proclamation made i...

Human Cloning and Ethical Issues

of usage (Bowring, 2004). Venturing into reproductive cloning appears to raise nearly everyones hackles, however, as it introduce...

History of the Civil Rights Movement in America

the Union. It was Lincoln who had endorsed the Reconstruction plan, but Congress was far more cautious. Congress determined that...

Essay on the Chicago Tribune

in the country at the time were pretty much in the minority. During the 19th century, illiteracy was far more common than it is to...

New World Colonization by England

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

U.S. Constitution and Classical Liberalism

for all citizens of a nation. Then we have Adam Smith, a Scottish philosopher whose focus was on morals. He was, interestingly ...

Case Law and Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

Although the right to public trial is protected under the due process clause, however, that protection is not absolute in that rea...

Celie in The Color Purple by Alice Walker

the reader to truly understand just how strong she is: "It all I can do not to cry. I can make myself wood. I say to myself, Celie...

US Constitution Reflections

them a reality. Democracy unleashed a joining together of the people so that new economic and political ideas could be shared in ...

U.S. Constitution and the Views of Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato

the fomentation of rebellion, and to encourage individuals to occupy themselves with private rather than state matters. He saw it ...

U.S. Constitution and Policies of George W. Bush

has been asserted that in both cases the underlying aim is to accustom the public to the circumscription of civil liberties, the c...

A Constitution According to the Politics of Aristotle

the inferior is always hurtful" (Aristotle). We can envision such a statement as one that is incredibly humane, offering a humane ...

Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

about prejudice first hand, and when a teacher separated the white and black children, he would go with the white. She corrected h...

A Privacy Issue

policy of individual rights. However, those rights, it would seem, are the very ones that are being used against the United States...

Unified Christian Belief

In six pages this paper examines the unity of belief that was called for by The Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on ...