Essays Tagged: "amendments"

Flaws of the Constitution

for governing. One reason that a document could last so long is because of its vagueness. It allows amendments to be added on as they are needed. Vagueness though, is also the main reason it has flaws ... Considering the fact that it was written over 200 years ago, it is still a good document. With new amendments every now and then to update the Constitution, there is no need to revise it. The Constit ...

(2 pages) 69 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The Right Wing

cally they should be labeled as reactionary because of their protection of the Constitution free of amendments, and their strong support and belief in our Founding Fathers. Many people like to label t ...

(4 pages) 31 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Freedom to say what we want is a more basic right than freedom to buy what we want. Analyze critically. The Professor wanted no more then 220 words.

asic right than freedom to buy what we want. Analyze critically.The freedom of speech is one of the Amendments that are part of the bill of rights. It is our right to say what we want, when we want, w ...

(1 pages) 235 2 4.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The Right Wing

cally they should be labeled as reactionary because of their protection of the Constitution free of amendments, and their strong support and belief in our Founding Fathers. Many people like to label t ...

(4 pages) 38 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

This essay is about the Second Amendment and whether its meaning was for personal gun use or military gun use. It is based on the book "Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect?"

ts and cease their efforts to weaken the power of the new federal government. (12-15)There are many amendments that make up the Bill of Rights. Each amendment protects a specific unalienable right of ...

(2 pages) 89 0 3.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Rise of Christianity.

ustful and corrupted Roman lifestyle. Christianity offered an ethical code of life known as the Ten Amendments, and it helped to prevent the lust and impiety of Roman culture. God and Jesus are the ce ...

(5 pages) 343 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

A summary of "harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut, details how the future could look for out country. With the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments, handicaps were required for all citizens above the "normal" level of strength, intellige ...

(1 pages) 185 1 3.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Why the set of freedom rights included int the Bill of Rights are the most important rights.

f a democratic state is liberty." It is because I agree with Aristotle when he states this that the amendments that deal with freedom of the people are the most important amendments. This is the reaso ... with freedom of the people are the most important amendments. This is the reason that if only three amendments remain, they should all be based on freedoms. The strongest of these amendments on freedo ...

(3 pages) 162 1 4.2 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Why I am optomistic about America.

constitution has stood the test of two hundred and twenty-five years of ratifying and repealing of amendments. The preamble to our constitution states our nation's mission statement: "...in order to ...

(2 pages) 25 1 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

A legal analysis of Canadian laws regarding censorship.

iological fields: daily life, Internet communications, and art. Numerous bills have been passed and amendments made but there is still no clear definition of censorship in these areas.Unknown to many ... ey were not contradictory to Canadian law. This has changed a lot within the last few years through amendments and the changing society Canadians live in. The Privacy Act now specifies precise guideli ...

(10 pages) 73 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Report on the The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution by Ships.

al causes. It is a combination of two treaties adopted in 1973 and 1978 respectively and updated by amendments through the years.Oil pollution of the seas was recognized as a problem in the first half ... still the bigger threat. As a result, the 1973 Convention incorporated much of OILPOL 1954 and its amendments into Annex I, covering oil.But the Convention was also intended to address other forms of ...

(5 pages) 40 0 5.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

A Step of Equality and Freedom for African Americans

o restore the blacks to a political, social, and economical standard, which was owed to them by the amendments. Although reconstruction efforts were at times counter attacked by southerners who believ ... o restore the blacks to a political, social, and economical standard, which was owed to them by the amendments. Although reconstruction efforts were at times counter attacked by southerners who believ ...

(7 pages) 161 1 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Gender Inequality in High School.

d that.In an attempt to end this discrimination Congress passed Title IX in 1972. This was a set of amendments that stated "no person in the US shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participatio ...

(2 pages) 69 0 4.6 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Privacy issues related to government uses of satellite Echelon.

and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. These amendments are guarantees to American citizens the rights privacy and freedom from persecution by un ...

(8 pages) 209 5 4.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Biography and Critical Analysis of James Weldon Johnson and his work "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man"

, and have had their pursuit of happiness blocked. Blacks have found themselves having to fight for amendments in order to secure their civil liberties, although the constitution also claimed that all ...

(9 pages) 107 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Title IX--This essay is on Title IX and the 3 issues that have happened in Bakersfield, Calif. It includes statistics and quotes.

Title IX is one of the major amendments of the 21st century in education. The Archived: Title IX: A Sea Change in Gender Equity i ... titution doesn't discriminate against sex.Like I said in the beginning Title IX is one of the major amendments of the 21st century in education. So I think that Title IX is the best thing that has hap ... many schools that comply with nondiscrimination and funds for desegregation. The third is the 1976 amendments to the vocational Education Act of 1963 that require that the states act affirmatively to ...

(6 pages) 101 1 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

About the Plessy vs. Ferguson case where the 14th and 15th amendments were violated

her white man. After Plessy argued in the Separate Car Act that there had been a violation of the 2 amendments listed above , John Howard Ferguson, the judge hearing the case, said that the previous c ... ights as a white man, and black man. This case ties into the Black codes and both the 13th and 14th amendments because of the inequality of colored men and white men. This showed the while Plessy was ...

(1 pages) 82 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Reducing Racial Disparities in Juvenile Confinement in Massachusetts

ed to the impact of race on juvenile justice decision-making in regards to confinement. In the 1998 amendments to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93-415, 42 U. ...

(21 pages) 344 1 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

American Reconstruction: Sucess or failure? Essay explains how reconstruction could have been inforced and how it persist into present day..

Despite the fact that Lincoln passed laws and amendments that were suppose to help in the equalizing of America the reconstruction was not a succe ... rejudice due to the color of skin, an accent, or merely a different view on an issue. Yes, laws and amendments are passed, but not all follow the rules.SourcesRoark, Johnson, Cohen, Stage, Lawson, Har ...

(1 pages) 168 2 1.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

How a Bill Becomes a Law. A comprehensive look at the complicated process of a bill becoming a law. Includes a title page.

revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills." Because of this clause, most bills are introduced in the House and th ... . Joint resolutions deal with unusual or temporary matters. They are used to propose Constitutional amendments and territorial annexations. Another resolution is a concurrent resolution. Concurrent re ...

(8 pages) 128 0 4.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law