This party passed the Alien and Sedition Act in 1798. ... The next most important issue is the protection and expansion of borders as well as gain respect from other countries. ... Although, seen as having alternate motives, this act was formed as a result of the Quasi War with France in 1798-1800. ... One of the last more important issues America had to face was protection of our international commerce. ... There are many issues of self-protection, financial independence, and growth at hand. ...

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Another piece of legislation that was passed during this stage of constitutional development called the Federalist Stage was the Judiciary Act of 1787. ... The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments that were originally created as a compromise between the federalists and anti-federalist, as the anti-federalist strongly believed that US citizens needed protection from the central government and that these protections should be neatly and specifically spelled out in the Constitution. ... After the Union was officially victorious in the war in 1865, President Lincoln made it his first order...

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Governments are created as a means to establish rules and laws as a guide to solving conflicts, and for the protection of the citizen's liberty and security. ... Individuals must take responsibility for the continued protection of their rights through political participation. This paper will argue that the concept of majority rule can be reconciled with respect to individual rights for the following reasons: how the Charter of Rights and Freedoms within the Constitution Act protects individual rights from majority rule, and how citizen participation can ensure preserving the protection ...

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In 1764, the Sugar Act was issued; this law taxed sugar, textiles, and other goods. One year following this the Stamp Act was put into effect, taxing all legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards. ... Britain thought it only necessary to place troops in America for the safety and protection of their colonies. ... The colonies thought themselves to be capable enough of providing themselves with enough protection, using their own military. ...

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America On January ninth, 2003, the United States Congressed passed the Domestic Security Enhancement Act, also known as the PATRIOT Act II. ... To begin with, the federal government created the PATRIOT Act not to stop terrorism but to win the balance between the powers of the legal system. ... Secondly, the new PATRIOT Act took away a company's right to privacy. ... Section 402 of the PATRIOT II Act is titled "Providing Material Support to Terrorism." ... In return, the companies are receiving liability protection. ...

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This all seemed to work pretty well until recently with the adoption of the Patriot Act. This act was created in response to the terrorist acts of September 11th, 2001. ... From the over-broad definition of domestic terrorism, to the FBI's new powers of search and surveillance, to the indefinite detention of both citizens and non-citizens without formal charges, the principles of free speech, due process, and equal protection under the law have been seriously undermined. It is my hope and belief that one day soon the Patriot Act will be revised to give back the rights and civil liberties ...

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In 1964 after this term was coined, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act increased the authority of affirmative action agents to institute quotas and preferential hiring to increase representation of minorities and to ameliorate discrimination. ... Although affirmative action in the Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination within minority groups involving employment, it did not cover educational institutions. Consequently, the Equal Employment Act of 1972 forced colleges and universities to admit members of minorities in greater numbers, especially in professional and graduate schools. ... Yet the...

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But there is also the point that because Madison didn't trust the people he believed that giving them this strong central government that the federalist wanted would be for there protection and therefore would be for the good of all the people in the country. If they were to the point where they didn't know what was good for themselves and these factions are going to overpower the whole entire country, then giving them this government in which the people would vote for these people who could act as fathers and take care of the people. ... There is also the protection of this common t...

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The plan featured two main points: a national legislature would have supreme powers on all matters on which the separate states could not act on, as well as the power to veto any and all state laws, and the people would directly elect at least on house of the legislature. ... The due process clause maintains that no state can "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law- and the equal protection of the clause states that no state can deny a person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law. ...

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Four years later, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was much more divisive, splitting the Democratic Party according to sectional interests and augmenting the Republican Party. In the years after the Kansas-Nebraska Act, sectional disputes grew to momentous proportions as the country drifted toward disunion. ... The Court decreed that slaves, falling under the protection of the Fifth Amendment as private property, could be legally brought into any territory. Thus, the Supreme Court deemed both the Mason-Dixon Line of the Compromise of 1820 and popular sovereignty of the Kansas-Nebraska Act unconstitutio...

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Four years later, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was much more divisive, splitting the Democratic Party according to sectional interests and augmenting the Republican Party. In the years after the Kansas-Nebraska Act, sectional disputes grew to momentous proportions as the country drifted toward disunion. ... The Court decreed that slaves, falling under the protection of the Fifth Amendment as private property, could be legally brought into any territory. Thus, the Supreme Court deemed both the Mason-Dixon Line of the Compromise of 1820 and popular sovereignty of the Kansas-Nebraska Act unconstitutio...

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Four years later, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was much more divisive, splitting the Democratic Party according to sectional interests and augmenting the Republican Party. In the years after the Kansas-Nebraska Act, sectional disputes grew to momentous proportions as the country drifted toward disunion. ... The Court decreed that slaves, falling under the protection of the Fifth Amendment as private property, could be legally brought into any territory. Thus, the Supreme Court deemed both the Mason-Dixon Line of the Compromise of 1820 and popular sovereignty of the Kansas-Nebraska Act unconstitutio...

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As a result of this, the Republican Congress drafted into its "Contract with America- a small but noteworthy provision entitled "The Defense of Marriage Act-. ... The Defense of Marriage Act is just a scapegoat for rightwing conservatives to justify their religious and moral beliefs, and to try and inflict their ideals upon Americans. ... First of all, this unconstitutional bill is referred to as, "The Defense of Marriage Act."" ... This Act is a thoughtless solution to solve a non-existing problem. ... Identifying this Act as a "Defense of Marriage- is saying that homosexuals are attacking he...

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Not only does the federal system in America allow the government to act upon the needs of the nation, but it limits the possibility of control of the government by a particular faction and provides a safeguard against the"tyranny of the majority." ... The constitutionality of this act was challenged by the state of Maryland in 1819. ... San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Supreme Court revisited the issue of state sovereignty and state and local government protection from the imposition of federal actions. ... Garcia has had two significant impacts on federalism: firstly, under ...

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The Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted July 26, 1990 by congress. ... This law extended protection to handicapped persons working for the federal government or organizations that received federal funds (Bernbach 85). ... The Fair Housing Act of 1988, prohibits housing discrimination because of disabilities. ... The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, provides for persons with disabilities. ... The Rehabilitation Act, prohibits discrimination based on disability in federal programs. ...

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The protective tariffs sole purpose was to ensure the growth, development, and protection of American companies from overseas competition. ... South Carolina, in direct disregard to the constitution, violated its provisions, by using an act such as nullification to rid themselves of the burden of a new tax. ...

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The Democratic Party, was an offering of "equal protection and equal benefits" to the American societies. ... In 1882 the Chinese exclusion Act was passed bannding the chinese from becoming natural citzens in the United States. ...

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The constitution gave our government a limited, an enumerated and a delegated right to act, dispensing power between three balanced branches. ... The Bill of Rights was a revolutionary measure in that it guaranteed that our federal government could never lawfully advance outside it's authorized bounds and encroach upon the natural born rights of man to act as he chooses as long as the rights of others are not violated in the process. ... Economist Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations contended that individuals act out of self-interest. ... On that note, we are constantly reminded that our ...

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