Essays Tagged: "U.S Constitution"
The United States Supreme Court
the United States, composed of a chief justice and eight associate justices, is at the apex of the U.S. judicial system. Provisions for the making of the Supreme Court were made in Article III of the ... adjudication whether originating in the federal or the state courts. Because its pronouncements on U.S. law are final, they become guides for every judge and lawyer in the nation. In addition to bein ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
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 guarantee was written with no constraint ... but because the limitation of ownership rights could become dangerous to personal freedom.When the U.S. Constitution was written, some delegates thought Militia was military forces because the Federa ... at cannot be fought against. One can relate this situation to the differences between the attacking U.S. Military and the Army of Iraq, who in comparison, were virtually defenseless. A rational person ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
The Second Ammendment
e over whether guns are a hallowed tradition and a right guaranteed by the Second Ammendment of the U.S.constitution or whether they are a fearful danger contributing to crime and violence.' ('gun con ... aken away. If the right to keep and bear arms had not been exercised when George Washington led the U.S. to victory over England, our Constitution would not exist, that is why the Second Ammendment is ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Constitutional Democracy
t exist. It is one of the most fundamental of our freedoms summarized by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.Freedom of expression includes everything listed in the First Amendment -- freedom ... free speech and freedom of expression on the Internet. Our E-mail letters are now wide open for the U.S. Government to read and they will imprison us if the content is deemed 'indecent.'. While child ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Gun Control
driving on public roads, which is a privilege, owning a gun is a right explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution . The right of self -defense is fundamental and inalienable, but requiring a licen ... ered deadly weapons do. This isn't because these devices 'designed only to kill' aren't used a lot; U.S. gun owners go through roughly 4,000,000,000 rounds of ammunition a year.Much has been made by s ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: articles of confederation.
ale Law SchoolArticles of ConfederationAnnapolis Convention Madison Debates Federalist Papers U. S. ConstitutionSee Also Benjamin Franklin's Draft and John Dickinson's DraftSee Discussion of The Artic ... , 1927.House Document No. 398.Selected, Arranged and Indexed by Charles C. Tansill18th Century Page Constitution Page Avalon Home PageSEARCH The Avalon Project:Document InformationThe Avalon Project : ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
The life and accomplishments of Al Capone during the prohibition era in the 1920s.
ed distilleries and breweries. At least until 1920. With the enactment of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it was no longer legal to manufacture or sell alcoholic beverages anywhere in thi ... avel to Chicago. So his meeting with the grand jury was postponed ("Alphonse" 3). On request of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Bureau of Investigation Agents obtained statements to the effect that Capone ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
13 and 14 Amendments
Life after the 13th/14th Amendments With the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1865, slavery was officially abolished in the United States. The Reconstruction ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Benjamin Franklin, and the Constitutional Convention.
dgling democracies across the continents have modeled the frameworks of their governments after the U.S. Constitution, America's system of democracy remains spectacularly unique and successful, largel ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Constitution in the years prior to the Civil War (DBQ from 1987 AP American History Exam)
The Constitution: Unity or Disunity?The U.S. Constitution is looked upon as not only a legal bond, but as a unifying document that exemplifi ... matters also led Southerners to believe that it did not protect their own rights and interests. The U.S. Constitution foes not recognize or advocate slavery, thus many Southerners felt that as the min ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
The U.S. constitution throughout the years.
The U.S. Supreme Court has played a major role in either expanding or limiting constitutional civil libe ... s played a major role in either expanding or limiting constitutional civil liberties in the U.S.The U.S. constitution was designed with executive, legislative and the judiciary branch to maintain chec ... d balance in the government. The Articles of Confederation, which was the first constitution of the U.S., designated Supreme Court as the head of the judiciary branch with the intent to establish just ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Federilism
e states and the national government. It has been a major historical and political issue throughout U.S. history and has played a major role in the development of our great republic.Prior to the estab ... n the development of our great republic.Prior to the establishment of the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, there existed two political factions. Hamilton and his colleagues, the original F ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
The Expansion of Organized Crime.
With the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - making the manufacture, sale, or transportation of liquor a federal crime - coun ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Republican Unfairness (problems with the Electoral College).
es and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President" (Amendment XII: to Article II, Section 3 of U.S. Constitution). These words would differentiate the United States from all other countries in th ... ves to Congress - in the HOR and Senate - directly (Article I, Section 1, and Amendment XVII of the U.S. Constitution). Since counties do not choose the representatives, states should not elect the Pr ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Why we need a new election system.
Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution mandates that the President be elected by means of an electoral college. Each stat ... e has 6 electoral votes, then all 6 of that state's votes go to the Democratic candidate.Similarly, U.S. Senatorial elections were originally conducted exclusively by state legislators. The public dir ... cted that state's Senators.The electoral college was initially conceived as an integral part of the U.S. Constitution. Its intentions were to resolve inter-state disputes about power based on geograph ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Eradicating The Ellectoral College.
Eradicating The Electoral CollegeIn Article 2, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution authorizes that the President be elected using the Electoral College. Whereby A ce ... electoral votes, then all 6 of that state's votes go to the Democratic candidate. The same goes for U.S Senatorial elections. There were originally conducted entirely by state legislators. The public ... cted that state's Senators.The electoral college was primarily regarded as an important part of the U.S. Constitution. It was supposed to resolve inter-state disputes over power based on geographical ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Anti-Gun Control: Upholding the Second Amendment.
of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." So states the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution is the foundation of American society, and if it states that peo ... and bear arms, then so be it. If Americans give up the right that is stated in this portion of the U.S. Constitution, then there is a dangerous chance that they will begin to lose other rights, one b ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Gun and Weapon Control
The Electoral College.
The Electoral CollegeThe Electoral College process is part of the original design of the U.S. constitution. The Electoral College was devised by theFounding Fathers to elect the president a ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Wealth and power.
million Americans who are living below the poverty level? What happened to the 8th Amendment of the U.S constitution: no cruel or unusual punishment? It seems to me that we live in a very cruel nation ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Summary of the "Federalist Papers".
the Federalist) will provide all the reasons to support the new plan of government described in the U.S. Constitution, and responses to each of the criticisms of the plan.Opponents to the new plan cri ... e good advice of the delegates to the convention.Each of the powers delegated to congress under the U.S. Constitution originate with the people themselves, are checked by the authority of other branch ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory