... , and to just have fun. The girl had no idea that once in Philadelphia she would enter into a world entirely different, that of post-revolutionary war America. She walked the cobbled streets that Benjamin Franklin had once strolled on himself, she perused Independence Hall in astonishment, ... to our present. The U.S. Constitution was written in 1787, by silly looking men in their white powdered wigs and stockings, as a form of government meant to guide this once new country in a European driven world. The Constitution has been used throughout our Nation's history. Through the ... post-...

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... thing is that the people are starting to feel that there is a concern in this topic and is forcing the House and Senate to do something about it since there is a lot of shooting going on in the United States. The lack of progress on immigration reforms has received not attention from the government. The Senate has passed the immigration bill, but the ... House has refused to do anything on this issue. This issue has been pushed aside many of times, which is causing a weary feeling for some immigrants status in the country. Even though this has been a main concern, both parties see a lot...

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... through which legislative initiatives must pass. At the federal level, these houses are the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This system was set up for two reasons: It was a compromise between those who thought that democratic representation should be based on population (the House) and those who thought that the states should be represented equally (the Senate). The ... founding fathers thought that having two houses would limit the number of irrational proposals passed through Congress. The House: Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are elected every two year...

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... approved on September 17, 1787, by delegates from the twelve states in attendance. Article 1 dictates how the legislative branch will be run. The main focus of Congress is to create laws. It created a bicameral legislature, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Although each section relies heavily on each other, they have specific differences that separate them. At the time ... would not be represented well. Due to this argument, the Senate was created to satisfy New Jersey, and the House of Representatives was created to appease Virginia. The House of Represent...

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... approved on September 17, 1787, by delegates from the twelve states in attendance. Article 1 dictates how the legislative branch will be run. The main focus of Congress is to create laws. It created a bicameral legislature, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Although each section relies heavily on each other, they have specific differences that separate them. At the time ... would not be represented well. Due to this argument, the Senate was created to satisfy New Jersey, and the House of Representatives was created to appease Virginia. The House of Represent...

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... the misdemeanor had he known about his alternative. Under Padilla v. Kentucky 130 S. Ct. 1473 in 2010, "to obtain relief on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel following a guilty plea a petitioner must convince the court that a decision to reject the plea bargain would have been rational under the circumstances ... done anything to prevent the defense from performing these liabilities. There is no conceivable legal strategy that would see fit for this failure of communication. His right to effective counsel during plea negotiations was denied by Missouri and their theory had bee...

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... The U.S. Congress and almost all the state legislatures are bicameral, meaning that there are two houses through which legislative initiatives must pass. At the federal level, these houses are the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This system was set up for two reasons, it was a compromise between those who thought that democratic representation should be based on population (the ... (the Senate), and the founding fathers thought that having two houses would limit the number of unreasonable initiatives passed through Congress. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives...

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... branch had the judging power, used to interpret the laws. In addition, each branch is able to restrain or balance the powers of the other two branches upon power abuse. If the President is suspected of unlawful acts, he can be impeached, or tried by the House and Senate for misusing his power. If he is found guilty, he can be thrown out ... issue, putting pressure on Congress to act upon it. The limitations on and difficulties of law passing are very, very important. The split legislature creates a more complicated maze through which laws must find their way before being passed. First, ...

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... the individual states. Federalism gives the central government its own source of power. They next had to decide how to give equal representation to every citizen and every state. This is how the Senate and the House of Representatives came to be. In the Senate every state is allowed to members regardless of size or population. This gave every state equal voice. The number ... of representatives a state is allowed depends on their population. This gives equal representation to every citizen. At the ... . The first was the Virginia Plan, which proposed a strong national government, run by...

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... . He probably returned to Virginia in 1752. He then studied law OCCUPATION: Planter OFFICES HELD: Justice of the Peace, Westmoreland County, 1757; Delegate, Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1775; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1775-1779; Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785; Delegate, Virginia Constitutional Ratification Convention, 1788; United States Senator, 1789- ... 20, 1732Birthplace: Westmoreland county, Va.Education: Private school at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. (Farmer)Work: Justice of the peace, 1757; Virgin...

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... . In 1865, the thirteenth Amendment was ratified and abolished slavery in America. In the south laws were passed the keep blacks from being apart of the voting system. When blacks were giving the right to vote in 1965, they still were afraid to go vote in fear ... of mobs blocking the polling area and the roadblocks by the police. #The first African-Americans to serve in Congress were from the states of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina. When Jefferson Davis left Mississippi for the job as ... the President of the Confederate States of America, Reverend Hiram Rhoades Rev...

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... to as the Congress. In The Constitution, the legislature was established as bicameral. The bicameral legislature is into, the upper house, the Senate, and the lower house the House of Representatives. Each state wanted to be represented with different number of representatives who were to be selected in a different method. On the other hand, all the states were represented in the ... the Senate and a single representative in the House of representative per 30000 people. The two houses that are in place today was formed by the Connecticut Compromise to resolve the issue of representation...

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... that would reduce the disparity of sentences for crack and powder cocaine offenses. The law signed will now reduce the disparity for comparable offenses. Gov. Jay Nixon decided to sign house bill 1525, which would send fewer people to prison for technical violations of probation and parole, which has ... missed meeting or failed drug test. (www.aclu.org) House Bill 1525, which Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law July ... 6, establishes strategies for dropping parole and probation for certain offenses by requiring the division of corrections to award ... be fixed within a crowded prison is h...

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... aristocracy, and democracy. The president would represent the elected monarchy, the Senate would represent the aristocracy, and the House of Representatives would represent the democracy. The American presidency has a great deal of strength and weakness, which I will discuss in this paper. One of the president's strengths, which he shares with the Senate, is to negotiate treaties, appoint ambassadors, judges, and ... issuing executive orders that have the force of law. The president also supervises the implementation of laws by directing administrative agencies, such as the Department of...

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... religion, speech, assembly, and politics. The second amendment talks about the militia and right to bear arms. The third amendment discuses the topic of quartering soldiers. The fourth amendment talks about search and seizures. The Fifth Amendment talks about juries, self-incrimination, double jeopardy, due process and ... eminent domain. The sixth amendment deals with criminal court procedures. The seventh amendment is the right of trial by jury in common law cases. The eighth amendment discusses bail, cruel and unusual punishment. The ninth amendment deals with the rights ... able to b...

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... religion, speech, assembly, and politics. The second amendment talks about the militia and right to bear arms. The third amendment discuses the topic of quartering soldiers. The fourth amendment talks about search and seizures. The Fifth Amendment talks about juries, self-incrimination, double jeopardy, due process and ... eminent domain. The sixth amendment deals with criminal court procedures. The seventh amendment is the right of trial by jury in common law cases. The eighth amendment discusses bail, cruel and unusual punishment. The ninth amendment deals with the rights ... able to b...

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... ratify it, or just maybe all these are the reasons. (Schwartz 435) Finally, the opponents would not ratify it unless it had a declaration of rights. So several states met to make the rights of the people. In all 124 amendments were made by these States. The House of Representatives adopted 17 amendments The Senate reduced the amendments to twelve, which were accepted by the ... House and sent on to the states where ten were ratified on December 15, 1791. (Schwartz 451) From then on the Bill of Rights has represented the natural rights that all human beings have in ... ' privacy concerni...

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... was made for small state proposal for Constitutional reform. When these clauses were voted on, it was thought that neither of the two plans would work. The Connecticut Compromise was put into action. The Connecticut Compromise stated that there would be a House of Representatives made to proportionate the population. A Senate would also be made in which all states were represented equally. Congress was ... separate. Congress makes sure that the President does no become an all ruling king. The advantages of separating the branches of power are that no one party can be fully in charge of ...

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... religion, speech, assembly, and politics. The second amendment talks about the militia and right to bear arms. The third amendment discuses the topic of quartering soldiers. The fourth amendment talks about search and seizures. The Fifth Amendment talks about juries, self-incrimination, double jeopardy, due process and ... eminent domain. The sixth amendment deals with criminal court procedures. The seventh amendment is the right of trial by jury in common law cases. The eighth amendment discusses bail, cruel and unusual punishment. The ninth amendment deals with the rights ... able to b...

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... 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 ... 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 country was facing severe debt after ... authority. As a result, the Art...

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... for. (Note: this is way more complicated then the way I have written it.) 15th amendment After the civil war slaves were given the right to vote and given the rights of a citizen (14th amendment). Sharing even more people into the American Democracy. 19th amendment Gives the right to vote to women. Giving the right to vote to all people and the ... . These rights give the people freedom from the harassment that they experienced from King George III and Great Britain during their rule of the American Colonies. 1B Under the Articles of Confederation congress was one house, no Senate or Hou...

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... must be elected either directly or indirectly from the people, and there must be no king, no offices of hereditary right, and no House of Lords. The people believed that an Upper House was needed thought. No matter what, through wealth, birth, or talents that some would gain influence over ... the others and the Upper House would restrain that power. The people knew what they wanted to have, a government that gave all the citizens of the country equal rights and opportunities, and that all men were born equal and free ... representatives from the states convened to make recommendations...

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... 's government had to be replaced. Less than a decade after the approval of the Articles of Confederation, a former captain of the Continental army named Daniel Shays proved the weakness of the United States to deal with internal problems. In western Massachusetts small farmers were deep in debt and when the lower house of the Massachusetts legislature opted to give the poor farmers monies for relief measures ... , the upper house defeated it. Immediately the poor farmers rallied behind the veteran of the Revolution and in 1786 they closed the county courts to keep their farms from being f...

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... of speech and of press. Others, such as the right to trial by jury, are essential to justice. Although the government for the most part "plays fair," there are always those instances when injustices may occur, either by accident or by choice. It may be a police officer wrongfully searching a car, or an unexpected visit from the police wanting to search your house ... on grounds that you are suspected of carrying contraband. The Fourth Amendment protects us of that. It gives us security in ourselves, in our private places and in our homes. ... it is still well understood by most American...

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... as to who or why people buy these weapons. The third amendment says that we do not need to keep solders in our house and that is not our responsibility to take care of them. This amendment really does not affect us now. We do not keep soldiers in our houses because there are not any wars ... violated under this amendment. This amendment is very helpful because this means that even if people think you did something wrong they can not just go into your house and search or go into your personal records and do as they please with them. The fifth amendment is about that you are innocent for a...

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