Essays Tagged: "United States Constitution"

The Controversy of abortion

rsial topic for years. Many people want to be able to decide the destiny of others. Everyone in the United States is covered under the United States constitution, and under the 14th Amendment women ha ... eve that the child inside them is their property and it's life doesn't be until birth. In 1973, the United States Supreme Court decided that as long as the baby lived in the womb, he or she would be t ...

(7 pages) 527 4 3.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Hate Speech on College Campuses

ion or sexual orientation.That's the wrong response, well-meaning or not. The First Amendment to theUnited States Constitution protects speech no matter how offensive its content. Speechcodes adopted ...

(2 pages) 137 0 4.1 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

In cold blood:death penalty

ecent times opponents have shown the death penalty to beracist, barbaric, and in violation with the United States Constitution as'...cruel and unusual punishment.' In this country, although laws gover ... . According to the Southern Center forHuman Rights, at least 10 percent of death row inmates in the United Statesare mentally retarded(Long 79).Juveniles are subject to the death penalty. Since state ...

(5 pages) 198 0 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

The Use of The Second Amendment In The American Home

The United States Constitution says that U.S. Citizens have the right to bear arms. Even though this gua ... made by a leader 'awed by the fear of an armed people'' (The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 28). Elbridge Gerry, a delagate to the Constitutional convention from Ma ... e establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty' (The Commission of the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 26). On December 15, 1791, Virginia ratified the Bill of Rights, making ...

(9 pages) 130 0 3.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Jacksonian Democrats. Speaks about Andrew Jackson

about them are nothing but true. These ideas about themselves are that they are theguardians of the United States Constitution, of political democracy, of individual libertyand of equality of economic ...

(3 pages) 59 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

American Sel Perception vs. the Truth

American self-perception is freedom. Freedom of speech and movement are virtual institutions in the United States. Such freedoms of speech and movement are outlined in the United States Constitution. ... nt. American intervention dominated the western hemisphere as a bipolar world system arose with the United States in the west and the Soviet Union in the east. By using extensive intervention, the Uni ...

(4 pages) 72 0 3.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Equal Rights Amendment

'Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.'In 1923, this statement was admitted to Congress un ... dmitted to Congress under the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law. If the Era was pas ... spite strong opposition by some women and men, the NWP introduced and Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1923. In order to become law, the amendment needed a two-thirds vote i ...

(4 pages) 170 0 3.4 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

A Time To Kill

ecent times opponents have shown the death penalty to beracist, barbaric, and in violation with the United States Constitution as'...cruel and unusual punishment.' In this country,although laws govern ... . According to the Southern Center forHuman Rights, at least 10 percent of death row inmates in the United Statesare mentally retarded(Long 79).Juveniles are subject to the death penalty. Since state ...

(10 pages) 113 0 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

A Time To Kill

ecent times opponents have shown the death penalty to beracist, barbaric, and in violation with the United States Constitution as'...cruel and unusual punishment.' In this country,although laws govern ... . According to the Southern Center forHuman Rights, at least 10 percent of death row inmates in the United Statesare mentally retarded(Long 79).Juveniles are subject to the death penalty. Since state ...

(10 pages) 107 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Jacksonian Democrats, DBQ, explains the positives of the Jacksonian influence

Supporters of President Jackson, Jacksonian Democrats, saw themselves as protectors of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality within economic op ... ian Era saw abolishment of all state churches, in an effort to make religion more democratic in the United States. In general, the Jacksonians did an outstanding job of democratizing the country as fa ...

(4 pages) 115 2 2.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Constitution of the United States: Our Living Constitution

The United States Constitution has been governing our way of life for over 200years. Throughout its time ...

(4 pages) 405 0 2.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

This is an essay about the NCAAP and its fight against segregation and descrimination of colored people in publich schools. It also includes how the NCAAP goes about reaching its goals.

ored PeopleIn all of history, people of fought for rights. In most countries, and especially in the United States, the people are eventually given rights be documents such as the United States Constit ...

(4 pages) 144 2 3.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

A comparison of US Bill of Rights and The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Former United States Attorney General Ramsey Clark wrote in the New York Times, "A right is not what someon ... s in this vein that a country drafts legislation to protect the rights of their inhabitants. In the United States there is the Bill of Rights, which consists of a preamble and the first ten amendments ... hts and providing him with a reasonable opportunity and time to retain and instruct counsel."In the United States, a detainee's right to council falls under amendment six to the constitution . Chief J ...

(8 pages) 109 1 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Decetralization of congress

s "The Rise of the Washington Establishment" American Government Ed. Peter Woll.The Framers' of the United States' Constitution created a divided government and delegated power to each of the three br ...

(7 pages) 116 2 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Brainwashing American Democracy

Brainwashing American Democracy"United States Policies in Columbia Support Mass Murder." "NAFTA Destroys Farming Communities in U.S. ... hundreds of often very important news stories are not covered and censored in the main media in the United States. The majority of the American population gets its information from newspapers, magazin ... dia is brainwashing American democracy.In a democracy, the supreme power is held by the people. The United States Constitution is the foundation of the American democracy, with the First Amendment as ...

(3 pages) 104 1 2.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Capital Punishment. Pro or Con?

hat capital punishment is a cruel and unusual punishment which violates the eighth amendment to the United States Constitution.In the times surrounding the origins of capital punishment, it was used f ... ty: treason, murder, larceny, burglary, rape, and arson. (Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia, 1989) The United States inherited capital punishment from European settlers in the seventeenth century. They p ...

(6 pages) 357 2 2.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Ways the executive branch of the U.S. goverment, through various laws and acts, gained power over the legislative and judicial brances.

government from becoming too powerful and endangering the liberty of its people, the framers of the United States' Constitution endorsed the implementation of separation of powers so that the differen ... n is a preliminary step in achieving diplomatic relations or negotiations with another country. The United States, for example, did not recognize the Soviet Union until 1933, sixteen years after the R ...

(7 pages) 202 2 3.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Freedom of Speech.

ut the history of America, from the time of it's ratification, until today, The Constitution of the United States of America has ensured Americans the freedom to speak their minds and express their op ... f the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.-The United States Constitution. 1st AmendmentThe highlighted portion of the 1st Amendment above relative ...

(12 pages) 559 4 4.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Gun Control Rights.

uring question seems to be whether or not an Americans right to bear arms within the borders of the United States is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, or not. Also, ... l reassurance of their written rights and liberties.The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America reads; "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free ...

(4 pages) 176 1 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Euthanasia, The Legal Aspect.

he patient's refusal of medical assistance. It involves the right to die, which is protected by the United States Constitution clauses of due process liberty and the right to privacy (Fourteenth Amend ...

(5 pages) 129 1 3.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Euthenasia