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Defending the Pardons of President Bill Clinton

In five pages this paper offers a defense of the pardons President Bill Clinton received by making reference to Article Two, Secti...

Supreme Court Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

Many of the constitutional protections enjoyed by American citizens today could not have been envisioned by the drafters of the or...

The Violation of 4th Amendment Rights

Charlotte, North Carolina, Police Department, on duty at the time. He was watching the store, and seeing Graham enter and then le...

Graham E. Fuller's Article on Nation State Weaknesses

as he feels this will cause "endless subdivision of states," possibly doubling, or even tripling the membership of the UN (1997, p...

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 ...

Life of Benjamin Franklin from the Revolutionary War until the U.S. Constitution

general, an office he held for one year" (Anonymous Benjamin Franklin, 2002; franklin.htm). In the year 1775 he traveled to Can...

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...

Nongovernmental Organizations and Their Influence

and the World Wildlife Fund. As well as influencing states and bring change or helping people the NGOs also may seek to influence ...

Political Comparison of Formal Power in Spain vs. France

In eight pages this research paper investigates formal state power in France and Spain as reflected in each country's constitution...

Impeachment of President Bill Clinton

In twelve pages this paper examines the process of U.S. presidential impeachment in a historical context, a consideration of Secti...

Justice System of Puerto Rico

In four pages this overview of Puerto Rico's system of justice includes its constitution, civil laws, and also considers how the f...

Hate Crimes, Wisconsin, and the 1993 Case of Wisconsin v. Mitchell, U.S. # 92-515

In eight pages this legal brief discusses the 1993 case and whether or not hate crime penalties like those in the state of Wiscons...

Congressional Power and the Constitution

The powers given by the Constitution to the various branches of government have been the subject of vigorous debate throughout our...

4th Amendment's Search and Seizure and the Article 'When An Officer Doesn't Have to Follow Procedure'

A critique of this article as it pertains to the practices of search and seizure as described in the 4th Amendment of the US Const...

Overview of the Texas State Constitution

In five pages this paper discusses the Constitution of the state of Texas in an overview that includes such topics as limited gove...

Causes of the Revolutionary War, 1763-1787

This 5 page paper examines some of the conflicts with Britain that led to the rebellion of the American colonies. The writer also ...

The Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, and Cinematic Reflections of America

In five pages this paper discusses how these films reflect expansionism, individualism, success, economic wealth, the 'American Dr...

Commercial Restraint and the Constitution

When assets are tied to specific jurisdictions and require cooperation among states the issue becomes even more complicated. In t...

Constitution of the United States of 1787 and its 'Fatal Defect'

The dual election of President and Vice President is exposed as the 'fatal defect of the 1787 Constitution of the United States in...

The American Working Class and the Constitution

would change with the defeat of the imminent defeat of the South in the Civil War. On January 31, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment ...

Progressivism and the Arizona State Constitution

Part I Arizona Statehood Prior to the onslaught of people of European origin into Arizona, the region...

Drafting the Constitution

the Articles, the US was not a nation, but as the state were referred to vaguely as being united by "a firm league of friendship" ...

The Constitution and Bill of Rights

United States. The federal courts are responsible for addressing offenses against the country, including issues of treason. Ou...

A Comparison of Two Documents

law, except when they have been judged as criminals. The Magna Carta specifically maintains that no one should be imprisoned or l...

Did the Founding Fathers Really Intend for a Total Separation between Church and State?

The writer presents a comprehensive discussion on whether or not the founding Fathers intended for there to be separation of churc...

Originalism and Non-Originalism

be" this "promotes serious public debate about government and its limitations" (Theories of Constitutional Interpretation, 2008). ...

America’s Founding Fathers, the First Amendment of the Constitution, and the ‘Separation of Church and State’

increasingly marginalized from public and private spheres. Once upon a time, prayer was permitted in public schools, and no one t...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...

US Constitution’s Influence on the American Criminal Justice System

In the case of Baze v. Reese, Kentucky inmates who have been sentenced to death are claming that the states three-drug cocktail pr...