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there for the use of the whites. The Revolution, however, would impact much more than just white Englishmen. The road to t...

were three acts. The first (taxation without representation) extended the power of raising revenues in America without representat...

free speech. Certainly, there are limits to speech, but at least the Constitution protects the rights of individuals ideologically...

existing. One can well argue that the founding fathers were incredibly wise, or that they were very lucky, when they put the Const...

down the road to create a society that embraces both people of color, and women. Although many contend that the Framers were inter...

Klan can exist in the same nation and put out their own particular beliefs. People can agree or not agree with the government and ...

terrorist acts? The practice of electronic surveillance was certainly nothing new. Two months prior to the attacks on the World ...

Constitution. There are also financial advantages to living in the US. In American culture, owning your own home or business is ...

the majority rule. Other nations which are considered incredibly different, and which further illustrate the complexity of constit...

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

are not right to lifers, the idea that someone is not born would immediately prompt the idea that the individual is not a person. ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

new law since the seventh century (Barker and Padfield, 1996). These are seen as the more modern laws. This took the place of prim...

As this indicates, the only legal requirement for the presidential election is the provision in the Constitution that spells out t...

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

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

they affirmed their intention to found a Christian nation under God.1 Historian Frank Lambert refers to these men as the "Puritan ...

government the ability to restrict inherent rights, so no list of those rights was necessary" (Mount, 2005). Many people worried t...