... 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 in what position you"re in. All votes should be equal to win fairly. Because the way they have the electoral votes set, if you win the popular votes it ... rights; the government receives its power from the people, as well as the people have the right and the power to dissolve the government. "Once the constitution came out, Amendments were made for the better of the country. But the Electoral College isn't...

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... . Then the Senate elects the Vice-President. There have only been two occasions in which the House Of Representatives had to make the final decision of President, the elections of Thomas Jefferson in 1801 and John Quincy Adams in 1825 (The Electoral College). The electoral system that has served our nation for over two hundred years "maintains a federal system of government and ... republic under representative government, not a direct democracy (Crane and Boaz 2001). Over the years there have been many arguments against the Electoral College. One of which is the worry that it could poss...

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... of the United States. Electors from each state who are selected by the voters in the presidential election make up the Electoral College. Each state is entitled to a number of electors equal to the total number of senators and representatives it sends to the Congress of the United States. Each state must lave at least three electors. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding ... the Electoral College System. Through out the history of the United States, there have been problems with the system used to elect the president and vice president of the United States. The United States" ...

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... States but by electors who may or may not represent the people of the United States. The Electoral College violates a right of self-governance, a right this nation was built on. This violation makes the Electoral College unfair. The founders of this country wanted to protect the government from getting an unqualified president that the uneducated masses in this country might vote for. This ... 3 votes no matter what and a state with large population gets votes based on their population. This can cause one persons vote to be weighted as much as 3.6 times more than someone else's vote. Th...

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... a week night after midnight. In defense of the University's action against Jacobowitz, Penn President Sheldon Hackney never mentioned the importance of free speech on a college campus. Rather, he chose to observe that " 'open expression' and 'diversity' needed to be balanced." (Shapiro/Sparks 25) The University of Wisconsin at Parkside suspended one student for addressing another as "Shaka Zulu"; yet the university's Madison campus ... is this a good thing? It is the opinion of many that speech codes on college campuses should be abolished because they violate the first amendment of the...

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... was rejected. Small states feared that election by the legislature would allow the big states to determine and control the executive. As a compromise, the Framers designed the Electoral College.* Electoral College - a body of electors chosen by voters to cast ballots for PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT. (The Electoral College has been changed through amendments). *The Constitution does not use the term Electoral ... College Slavery: The three-fifths compromise If the delegates had to resolve the slavery issue, it is doubtful that they ... would have been able to achieve the Constitution. ...

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... of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Governor of California, much attention and debate has been brought to the forefront of people's minds. Should a person bron in another country be able to move to America and eventually become the "most powerful person in the world"? I strongly believe the answer to this question is no. In the article written by Dan Thomasson, he argues that many ... of the greatest minds in politics have been foreign-born. He believes that our nation is suffering as a whole by not giving these people the chance to run for the presidency. He argues that the constitut...

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... issue of hate speech on university campuses nation wide. The phenomenon of hate speech is at a much larger scale then the reader would realize, but it is not a simple task to eliminate hate speech from the University campus. If the process is not done correctly in might violate the Free Speech act of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Universities that ... are funded by the government don't have the problem of hate speech to the extent that private institutions do. Because of that the author proposes steps that such institution have to take if they want to deal appropriately ...

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... money, so wouldn't it be obvious that they would control the elite group that is running our whole country? There is no way for us to be heard. Obviously, there are many flaws in the constitution that the Federalists have proposed, and we can not risk mistakes in the serious business ... of forming our government. While the constitution gives power to the Central government, it has no guarantee that our rights will not be violated! What is the Central government's limits? The power that is ... fact that the Constitutional Conventions have been meeting privately causes suspicions. What e...

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... Our judicial system is not perfect. There are many problems with it and people are constantly complaining about everything from a parking ticket to the death penalty. Many different people can make a mistake during each stage of the judicial system. Some Americans feel that convicted criminals are ... while being imprisoned. They feel that the accused are treated unfairly while being questioned. They believe that many people who confess are basically forced to confess, whether with or without force. Many of the people who hold this view point are either defense attorneys or people who ar...

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... these are not simple bail outs that are in the hundreds of thousands or even the millions, but are in fact in the billions. In fact the amount to bail out the current crisis of Wall Street is around $700 billion. With this country already in a great deal of debt, the fact that it is ... taking on more, is of great concern. However, what people need to see is that in the short term the federal government is taking on a large debt, but in the long run they could actually be gaining a large sum. What ... more stable economy at a profit. It really isn't a bad idea on the U.S.'s part when you...

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... the constitution and one of the fore fathers of the United States of America. Equal right, for all man, was not seen until the 13th amendment. But now it applies to all men, women, and children no matter what color their skin, what race, and what religion. With the bill of rights, everyone in the U.S.A. is protected. The 9th amendment deals ... and Sedition Acts, the Smith Act, and the McCarran Act. The second amendment states that people have the right to have guns to protect "the security of a free state." Some people claim that "the people" refers to individual citizens therefore say...

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... was McCulloch v. Maryland in 1819. This case upheld the powers of the federal government. It also denied the states the right to tax the bank. This allowed later cases to uphold the expansive powers of the federal government. The other case was Gibbons v. Ogden in 1824, this ruling upheld broad ... this era, there was heated political debate on the issue of slavery. The Dred Scott v. Sanford decision in 1857, this was the first decision to take powers away from the national government. During this era, the Civil War occurred. Dual federalism lasted until the 1930s. After dual federalism ...

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... the lead part in a play dealing with the views of four Jews in a concentration camp. After the auditions, my best friend, Lori, and I were called to the teacher's desk. We both had done an especially good job in our tryouts, but she was having a hard time deciding which of us would get the ... us. She asked us if we could come up with a compromise. We both really wanted the main part in the play, and I didn't want to give up the chance to have it. I also knew that I had played one of the main characters in the Christmas play, and she had played a very small role. ... role in the play. W...

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... that most people will think about the scene we ever watched in the movies. And there are different kinds of murderer. They have a lot of plans to do this. At last, they always will put in jail or get killed by others. Actually, murders happen every day in America and the whole ... though his car was blanketed with blood and his hands were full of blood when the cops caught him. I think that this was totally unfair. This dialogue "To Defend a Killer" reminds me a tragic accident in Hong Kong. One of my friends had some argument with a guy. And soon they started a fight. ... or not? Some ...

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... James Earl Jones The Second Amendment of the American Constitution states that every U.S. citizen has the right to own a gun: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed" (Constitution, 160). No matter what situations take place ... the gun and not by the gun alone. The United States ranked number twenty-four in the world in terms of its murder rate. From 1973 to 2009 gun related crimes decreased sixty-five percent, although the United States is a far more violent country than any other ...

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... is this process that has preserved our Constitution's "purity" and our government's time tested way of enacting and maintaining laws. Obviously believing that frequent ratification of new amendments is a threat to our system, she gives us five reasons why our Constitution works as it exists today. The first reason Sullivan gives for the Constitution's continuing success is its stability. By this ... set forth by our forefathers are still in tact. Secondly, she mentions the rule of law. Basically, the Constitution was set forth to be a base on which to build a government. It was not mean...

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... you are eighteen or older is another right we have. This allows us to express our opinion as far as who we want our leaders to be. We are also given the right to privacy. This means that no one has the right to search us or anything we may own without proper legal authority, such as ... if you are disobeying the law in anyway. If we are charged with a crime, American citizens are allowed a fair trial with a jury of our peers to judge whether or not we are guilty. Whereas, in other countries if you are accused of a crime, you don't get a fair trial with a ... their salary income, race o...

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... visa waiver problem between the U.S. and several of its allies. Then, in March, the Hungarian, Slovakian, and Lithuanian governments signed MOUs (memoranda of understand) committing the U.S. government to help them qualify for the waiver program. In exchange, the U.S. would receive increased security assistance. These countries follow in the footsteps of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Estonia, who have ... States and these countries. Hungarian Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi put it this way at the signing of the agreement: "Liberty manifests itself in the freedom to travel .Equality means eq...

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... Gideon who spent most of his life in and out of jail was arrested in Florida. Gideon was accused of breaking into a poolroom in an attempt to steal beer, wine, and cigarettes. The trial was held in August of 1961. Since the arrest, Gideon proclaimed his innocence. At the start of ... counsel for his defense. He requested that the court provide him with counsel. The laws in the state of Florida at the time allowed defense to be provided to the defendant only in capital offenses. Gideon's case was not a capital case. The Judge refused his request on these grounds. This decision by ... cou...

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... Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor? In the early 1940's, directly following the Japanese surprise attack on the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Americans began to look at Japanese-Americans differently. I wave of racial hatred swept the nation towards these Japanese-Americans. They quickly lost their title as American citizens and ... with the same prejudices that were seen by the Japanese-Americans in the past. At the same time, we must do everything in our power to prevent future terrorist attacks from occurring. It is obvious that these attacks were organized by many people and that...

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... many people think. But drugs have become more and more common in recent years, particularly among the younger students in school. In order to prevent drugs in the school, some people suggest that high school teachers should search students for the drugs in the school. But search is ... against unreasonable search, because the Fourth Amendment protects all citizens from unreasonable searches. The fourth Amendment states: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no ... Warrants...

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... for protection because of the police forces that protect our communities. Burger declares that, "The same First Congress that approved the right to keep and bear arms also limited the national army to 840 men". When there is a limited amount of protection for your citizens, you must leave them the option of defending themselves ... . In today's society, there is protection available everywhere you turn. This alone tells one that it is not necessary to own a gun for survival. Not only do you have the security of your own home with locked doors, you have a public task force ready ... use of...

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... I do have rights. When I think of the Constitution I think of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branch. These branches mean that there will be laws to protect me. The check and balance means that I will be protected from branches having too much power. The Constitution means that there will be presidents, vice ... will have greater power over than the law. It also means that the law won't have too much power. The Constitution gives us the right to privacy. We can't be arrested just because and the police can't search our homes without a warrant. The Constitution is what America's ...

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... and state, and for lawful hunting and recreational use." It is our right through the United States Constitution and the West Virginia State Constitution to keep and bear arms. Some people actually believe if we would make all guns illegal that criminal activities would almost be eliminated, but ... by 3%. Just imagine a female such as yourself, your wife, daughter or even a close friend being sexually assaulted by a criminal and she is able to get away because she fired a warning shot from her hand gun that scared the criminal away. Nearly 200,000 women defend themselves with fire arms a...

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