... made in an essay written by Holly Hudson: "Why should English be made the official language of the United States of America? If it does not affect the rights of Americans, it is merely symbolic and frivolous. If it restricts the rights of some Americans, it is dangerous. By passing the English Language Amendment, the rights of the language minority would be lost. Not only would the ... sure they keep their native language important to them. Even though I am against the English-Only Bill, I do agree with the importance of learning English. That is what the "English Plus Resolution" is. I...

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... Constitution has stand strong and never let us down. When it was created, many of our great framers spent lots of time to make this Constitution perfect and to make sure that it would work and it did. The 3 part of our constitution was that it's from the English Heritage like the Magna Carta, the experiences that we faced like when the May Flower ... many advantages over the settlers. The Magna Carta also said that what if you are a ruler and that you don't have to obey the law? There was also the English Bills of rights which listed many laws. There were many individual rights among ev...

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... to cruel and unusual punishments, nor be subject to excessive bails and fines. The Declaration of Independence, adopted in 1776, was founded on the principles of human liberty and the consent of the governed. Like the English Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence began with a statement of purpose and basic human rights. The difference between this document and the other two documents ... British rule. As we can clearly see, these three historical documents share some common aspects and differ in others. Taking a step further from what has been stated above,...

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In the beginning the author explains how was it that the idea of fighting against the English, was mostly encouraged by the people of high power, the rich and the people who owned great part of the land at that time. "George Washington was the richest man in America, John Hancock was a prosperous Boston ... merchant. Benjamin Franklin was a wealthy printer. And so on." The idea of a ... to landlords."(p. 86) Later, the French, who had helped the revolution by blocking supplies and reinforcements from the English, later gave land to the British in the west of the Appalachians. The Indians th...

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... education was a big concern that the Mexican parents wanted to address. The problem was the lack of bilingual education and the lack of government support and funding for it. Lyndon B. Johnson, the president of the U.S. at the time, felt that bilingual students lost valuable time learning English. (Acuna, 333) Many students were being put into special classes and classified as mentally retarded because ... they could not speak English. This went on and parents complained, but it was eventually stopped when a couple of parents from Santa Anna, California took their complaints ... to the...

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... more ideas and was more important for the history of democracy. The Magna Carter was made on June 15, 1215. King John of England agreed to it after a long quarrel between the English barons. The English barons had captured London but couldn't defeat John's whole ... army. The two sides halted the fighting and tried to negotiate. They met at Runnymede, a meadow near Windsor and came up with the Magna Carter. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of ... the Citizen was made by the National Assembly on August 26, 1789. This happened a little over a month from the Storming of ... exhall...

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... committee to lay the foundation for the American form of government. These brilliant writers and philosophers hesitantly began designing the national level of government for use in America and named their final draft the Articles of Confederation . Out of their utter distrust of a centralized government, due to their association with the English monarchial system, the drafters deliberately established these articles ... as a loose confederation of states, rather than a firmly united nation. Life under the Articles of Confederation was filled with hardships and uncertainty, and the ... r...

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... catalyst for the forming of the Republican Party. The French and English conflict caused many problems with America's political system. The English "Order of Council" and the French "Milan Decree" wreaked havoc with America's shipping and led to Jay's Treaty of 1794. Jay's Treaty ... was advantageous to America and helped to head off a war with Britain, but it also alienated the French. The French reacted by seizing American ships causing the threat of ... the chains that our measures are forging for them, if they did not resist." The Federalist accused Livingston of sedition because of...

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... to them. The Bill of Rights was not the first document of its kind. It was based on other documents such as the British Bill of Rights and some of the state's Bills of Rights. The major British documents that are precursors to the Bill of Rights are The Magna Carta, The Petition of Rights and The English Bill of Rights (Monk). The Magna Carta of 1215, which is the ... earliest of the documents, guaranteed such fundamental rights as trial by jury and ... on June 12, 1776 and it was pretty much a restating of English principles but it influenced other states to draft a Bill of Rights (30...

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... , the colonists resisted attempts to be taxed, claiming as long as they weren't allowed fair representation in the English Parliament, they would not pay. In 1650, a series of laws called the Navigation Acts were issued for the American colonies; although they did not come into full effect ... until after the French and Indian War. These laws prohibited the trade of certain items, which made it difficult for merchants who relied on French, Spanish, and other foreign countries for business. These restrictions angered the ... realized the states were just as reluctant to pay taxes now as ...

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... without boundaries. The Constitution under the First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press" therefore outlawing a national system of censorship, but under the Tariff Act (1930), "United States Customs has the power to seize any material ... Mellors, son of a miner. Lawrence believed that without a realization of sex and body, the mind wanders in the wasteland of modern industrial technology (121 make up). Lawrence realized that under the laws of the English-speaking countries, the unexpurgated third version, which had the most l...

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... dominancy over the people of the colonies. The Bill of Rights at the time protected the people from exploitations through due process and the ruler of the land. When the English settlers came to America they formulated the Bill of Rights which contained 10 Amendments outlining the rights of the people over the ... government as well as the government's freedom to rule over its people. The purpose had been to form a clear definition of rights so ... that the people are more aware of their social status. Today the Bill of ... acts were right and that they brought the greatest power in t...

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... Ewart Gladstone even had something to say about the Constitution; "The most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man."(The Evolving Constitution page 6) As great as the document was it failed to go into detail about individual's rights. Many people felt that now ... In 1786 delegates tried to hold a meeting to discuss problems with the Articles in Annapolis, Maryland. Only five states sent delegates. However the group of delegates convinced congress to hold another Constitutional Convention. Everything seemed to be going down hill for the United State...

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... and dislike about the government. The First Amendment was created because the founding fathers wanted to guarantee that American's basic civil rights would not be threatened by the government. A multitude of colonists came to America because they wanted religious freedoms. The Founding Fathers wanted to make sure that religious freedoms would be protected. This amendment was also created to ensure the ... all, and all without government control. The pilgrims were named Separatists back in England because they sought independence from the church. The first amendment contains two parts ab...

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... met the British forces and overwhelmed them. Later in 1776, Washington was able to use the militia men to push the British out of Boston, forcing them to retreat to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The greatest asset that the Americans had was their desire to be free. The ... his army on October 17, 1781. During this time, the American, French, Spanish, and British representatives were running back and forth across the English Channel with offers and counteroffers. The American peace administrators, John Jay, John Adams, and Franklin were given orders by Congress to insist on ... for independence...

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... free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably to assemble and to peition the Government for a redress of grievances." The origin of the First Amendment was undoubtedly a reaction against the restraint of speech and of the press that existed in English society. Until 1694, England had an elaborate system of licensing, no publication was allowed with ... -out the accompaniment of a government-granted license. William Blackstone wrote in his famous commentaries on the ... ...

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... every citizen right to bear arms. However the key word is "Militia", meaning soldiers or defenders of the State. In the late 18th century, when the Constitution was written, times were very different than those of contemporary America. People were scared of possible invasions from Native Americans, the English, and other nationalities. By "a well regulated Militia- the founding fathers probably meant that citizens could ... have a muscot standing in the corner just in case anything would happen. Note that the writers of the Constitution added, "a well regulated- in front of the word Mil...

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... each other, that is why each branch may intervene in the actions of the other and prevent the other from abusing its power. The nature and shape of American Constitutional System was strongly influenced by the ideas of seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophers, namely the French Montusquieu and the English John Locke. They drew several principles, which the government should possess in ... order to work properly. They believed in strong national government, which laws should be supreme to the state laws. They also argued that, the separation of powers between the national and stat...

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... emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. " In his book, The Empty Church, Thomas Reeves says "The United States is the most religious nation in the advanced industrialized west ... under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Americans are a divided people: they are torn between their ability and the comfort of embracing the advancement of modern science and technology, and still accept the religious beliefs that give them solace and comfort even thoug...

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The Framework of Government The government of the United States is based on the principal of Constitutional supremacy. That is, the constitution is the highest law in the country. Any laws passed anywhere in the country must agree with what is written the constitution. [82-83] The constitution provides for the United States to have a federal system of government. In this plan, lawmaking powers are ... divided between two levels of government - the state government and the federal government. The duties of government are then shared between these two levels. The powers that belong solely to th...

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... people believe that suffering should not be an option and that laws should prevent this aid. However, the choice to die or suffer should be right of the patient. Assisted suicide is a good thing because people can find help from suffering. If they have a terminal illness, or other thing that ... die, and is able to make health-care decisions." (ABCNews.com "Temporary Block", William McCall) If Oregon can change their laws to recognize the rights of their citizens, why can't other states follow their lead? Oregon lawmakers have recognized that people have rights to do what they want to do...

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... be a popular vote. But how this country first started, it had said in the Declaration of Independence, "governments are instituted among men." The government receives its power from the people. I am 100% for the abolition of the Electoral College. Everyone's vote should be worth the same no matter who you are or ... votes set, if you win the popular votes it really doesn't matter. Basically the candidate would have to win the electoral votes to win, because of the fact that the electoral votes are worth more than the popular votes. In this case what's the point for use to vote if really ...

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... CENTRAL QUESTION: The central question in this case is whether or not the Age Discrimination in Employment Act allows for abrogation of a States immunity from lawsuits by individuals under the Eleventh Amendment. OUTCOME: Ruling in a five to four decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Board ... of Regents in Florida was indeed immune from individual lawsuits stemming from the Discrimination in Employment Act. COURTS REASONING: The court came upon this ... this means is that unlike cases regarding race or gender, discrimination cannot be held accountable. As precedent, the Court used...

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... could not do everything by themselves. For example, the country needed a single army in order to win the Revolutionary War against Britain and not thirteen small ones for each one of the States. For these reasons and others as well, the States decided to unite the States into a confederation. After the power struggle with Great Britain over unfair taxes and laws ... , the thirteen States were reluctant to give Congress the power to enforce those same things. Therefore, Congress did not have a lot of power and never had much money since it could not demand that the States loan it any. The...

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... in America were rapidly changing and developing. Although many Americans were happy with their new found independence, others were unhappy with the governmental situation. The present government system, The Articles of Confederation, produced by John Dickenson were in force from March 1, 1781, to June 21, 1788. The government served its purpose for some time, but soon, the weaknesses ... had no power over interstate or foreign commerce. Along with these two weaknesses there are many others such as there was no independent executive branch, no federal courts, congress consisted of one wh...

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