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The Vagueness of the United States Constitution

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

Media Coverage in the Michael Vick Dog Fighting Case

most, despite the fact that he was personally responsible for the deliberate mistreatment and deaths of other living and breathing...

Slavery and American Independence

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

AMERICAN COLONISTS AND GRIEVANCES AGAINST KING GEORGE

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

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights

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

Should Washington D.C. Become a State?

feel that they have enough representation as they live in districts with specific representatives who are numerous and carry elect...

The Right to Private Property in the Constitution

state ownership. In Sparta it was the state that owned all property, which also included land, citizens and slaves (Anonymous, 200...

Constitution of Cameroon

country until the late 1800s (Countries of the World, 2003). Because of Cameroons coastal borders, European slave trade often cam...

US Cities Prohibition of Alcohol Sales as 'Unconstitutional'

Increasingly, cities within otherwise "wet" areas seek to prohibit the sale and use of alcohol within specific areas of these citi...

American Criminal Justice and the Constitution

The result is that "there are not one, but fifty-five court systems in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, a...

Proposed Victims' Rights Amendment and the Constitution

is deemed illegal by the court--even if it has to do with a technicality--the case is not supported. There is in...

Texas and Illinois Governmental Differences

even to this day (Ginsberg et al, 2001). There really is no "common political culture," and this is a state of huge economic diver...

Historical Changing of America

authorized veto power over state legislation. New Jersey also argued that there was no need for two houses, which prevente...

Constitutional Amendments and Their Significance

Many people will find personal significance in terms of the fourth amendment. One does not have to be a criminal to receive this p...

Comparing Constitutions of the U.S. and California

activities are done in a "reasonable time, place and manner," as the instructions point out. The freedom of speech, as stated in t...

The Origins of Western Law

But surprisingly, even after the Protestant Reformation and native languages began supplanting Latin in speech and literature, "a ...

Adoption of the Bill of Rights into the U.S. Constitution

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

The Boys Scouts in Litigation

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

English Law and the Legal System of England

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

Process of Electing Presidents in America

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

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...

Legalizing Abortion

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...