... them is, but a moment of silence for the people lost in tragedies (such as 9/11) can be used to pray, meditate, think to oneself about the tragedy, or simply stare at the ceiling and count the tiles. The freedom of religion is wonderful because everyone has a different view of a divine spirit, or spirits, or nothing at all. The 1st Amendment prevents the government from taking away our freedoms ... of expression and opinion. We each have the right to express our feelings through what we say, ... wear, and print. We have the right to protest a ... ...

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... it has been theorized that the most successful manner of addressing these many difficulties is the drafting of a constitution. But what is clear is the unsatisfactory ability of a constitution to remedy the problems of nationalism and ethnic differences. Preuss notes that when the constitutional state gained favor in North America, it was founded on the principle of the unitary state; it was not designed to address the lack of national identity which is found throughout ... Europe - and which is counter to the concept of the constitutional state (48 ... ...

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... that is so great about this country that makes people risk their very lives and everything they have to be here. What is the motivation? In my opinion, the reason one would risk his life to get here is because of the many opportunities and chances for a better life. First, we are a safe and privileged nation. We are fortunate enough to have luxuries many ... people elsewhere are without. The majority of families in America own a house and one or two cars. Something we think as simple and necessary as a computer may be considered a great luxury elsewhere. We are often ignorant about what...

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... yields too much power to Congress. Similarly, Sebastian Mallaby considers the Constitution disallows power to the people by having elections every two and four years. The two authors discuss various faults in our democratic process. Jonathan Schell notes the difference between the impeachments of President Nixon and President Clinton as abuses of power in the office. Whereas Nixon was accused of using government forces to work for him, Clinton's crime ... was more self-disrespecting. In each case however, the bodies of the government became part of a trial. Charges are brought up agains...

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... into smaller companies to stimulate competition. The other subgroup, "the regulators", thought the best way to combat monopolies was to regulate the behavior of big business. A toll that the anti-monopolists had was the Sherman Act, which made "restraint of trade" illegal. This act was passed with a wide support in Congress, but it was not enforced until Roosevelt was in the White House. In conclusion, the Progressives had a big impact on ... politics during their heyday. Their actions might have stepped on a few toes here and there, but for the ... ...

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... the reader understand the flaws in the actions of the not only the United States, but in the citizen of the United States and cause us to want to change our actions. A commitment and solid organization can actually bring about change. Understanding the difference between critique and cynicism and the difference between hope and optimism is the basis to the future of any struggle against injustice. Jensen notes how ... he used to be cynical and how he now has hope. By growing up in a world of injustice and despair surrounded by human beings, he thought of them as unpleasant creatures. .....

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... and local governments from holding back any American from voting just because of color or race. During the reconstruction period there were three amendments added and the fifteenth was the last to be added. What this amendment allowed was for only the federal government to regulate the voting qualifications, and not leave it up to the state itself like it had before this time. Once this amendment ... quite some time. In more recent years there have been laws put into effect because of, and to strengthen the 15th Amendment, like the Voting Rights Act in 1965. I think that back when the 1...

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... national government. This was a crucial element to the framers after the Articles of Confederation, which gave the ultimate power to 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 equ...

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... . People should recognize these differences and inform people. People should also be put into fields that they succeed in. There should not be an artist teaching science; this would be the opposite of excellence. This is a simple concept, but "people who are blessed with talent or intelligence will always be outnumbered by people who are average, and therefore elitism will always ... man. Where as if a man lives an extravagant life and lives in a nice house, yet works too much to try and pay for that house and is not happy throughout life, he is unsuccessful. As stated before the simpler...

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... identifiable way. There must also be an identifiable break in history where the lower classes revolt against those ruling. To become a democracy, Moore states that the peasant class inevitably ceases to exist after a period of time. The bourgeois class rises, gaining power. They do not overpower the landed elites, but rather a balance of power is implicated so that neither has total control over ... the other's actions. To become a communist society, Moore's theory states that the bourgeois class must become very weak or disappear. ... Along with this, the peasant class does not gain p...

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... of at least the same principles of civil rights. Because of this attitude change in whites, the Civil Rights Act was easier to pass. Second, the attitudes of congressmen changed between 1957 and 1988. In 1957, no southern whites in the House and only about 13& of southern whites in the Senate supported the Bills. By 1988, nearly 100% of the southern whites in the Senate and about 85% of southern whites in the House supported the Bills. Since the ... 1960's, congressional support for civil rights legislation has grown so much that labeling a bill a civil rights measure now almost guarant...

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... , and others that are there to protect us, but act as our worst enemies? It's clear to me that the whole system is flawed and puts greed before the interest of people. Everyone should share their responsibility starting at the very top, from the White House down to city officials in New York who purposely lied to us and denied medical help to people in need ... , especially during that dreadful moment. Replacing one official with another will not fix the problem as for the case of that EPA official who became ... the scapegoat. She was just following the orders from the White House offic...

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... reform. With much pressure from radicals in the House of Commons, many Liberals called for a universal suffrage. The first of these bills was the Franchise Bill, which was first read in the House of Commons in February of 1884. This bill was extremely controversial and votes were split on party lines. Once the bill was passed through the House of Commons it was immediately rejected by the House of Lords. The Liberals expected this move. Conservatives spoke out ... about rejecting this bill much in advance, even before it came to their hands. Eventually the deadlock of the between the tw...

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... of the US. Democracy is derived from these basic freedoms. From the freedom to protest your governments actions thought the freedom of speech, to freedom for unlawful unreasonable searches and seizures. 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 House of Representatives, just a house of ... congress. There was no president or executive. No federal Court system if the states had a dispute congres...

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... traits. They were prude, bossy and fussy. Women did not stand behind each other or impose political views, and many didn't even register to vote. Due to their ignorance of the political world, women voted as their husbands did, thus, just giving away their vote rather than voting for what they believed in. today this still seems to have little change ... bond in later years. Women were ignorant to public affairs. They made many contradictions like turning against their sisters in the women's party that opposed war and accepting American participation in a war they themselves opposed. Th...

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... our national representative in a host of ways. It would be impossible for all 500-plus congressmen to have meetings with foreign heads of state. We must have one official who we can all say, speaks for America. He is the face the entire world thinks of when they think of the United States, not the Speaker of the House or Senate Majority Leader. He is the only public servant who is chosen ... by the entire nation. Congressmen represent, and are responsible to, a small number ... of people; while the president does not make decisions on what is best for one state ... ...

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... run. Which brings me to my next point of throwing out the legislative branch. This might seem like an absurd idea at first but this would allow the power to be placed in the hands of the people where it belongs. Instead of having several House Members and Senators who represent the people vote on laws, why not just have the people do it themselves. This too could be accomplished ... by people voting over the internet. If the president and his advisors strongly believe that a law passed ... goes against the goals of the country, they can veto it for a certain amount of time. Then the ve...

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... historical events for our nation. The breaking of independence did not come cheaply though. Great sacrifices were made not only by the military but also by the common everyday person. During WW2 you did not see your enemy walking down your street and taking over your house and maybe even killing your family, but in the revolution it was common. The people of that time gave up everything ... they had to gain independence and the sacrifices they put in made this great ... country it is today. An example of one of these great sacrifices was Nathan Hale "Spy for the American army, caught a...

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... Philadelphia's Independence Hall, then known as the Pennsylvania State House. There the delegates amended the Articles of Confederation. Four questions proved far more difficult to resolve: conflicts over how the people were to be represented in Congress; what to do about slavery; the powers of the president and the procedures for election to the office; and the powers and functions of the federal courts. The delegates settled most of the scores of issues quickly. They then created a new ... Constitution, a plan of government designed to solve the governmental ... ...

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... paragraph with " that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." How can Jefferson state that all men are created equal, when he himself is a slave owner? Slaves did not have any rights. They did as they were told. They ... were held against their will and often beaten. Is this the pursuit of Happiness he is referring too? Slaves were considered property, not people. They were sold and traded as if they were livestock. How can this be considered ... the right of Lif...

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... . This is also very important because all men and women should be treated equally in all parts of their personal life. 3) Official Language Rights This allows the French and English to have equal status throughout the government. Another important right because English and French speaking Canadians were both born or raised in Canada ... so we should always respect each other. 4) Legal Rights This means Canadians can live freely in the country and do what they want but there is some rules of law we have to obey. This is important because this is to keep Canada a safe place to live in ......

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... was expanded, and financial institutions restructured. However, disadvantages came along with these advantages in this New Jacksonian Democracy. One of the downfalls was that the extent of political freedom was stretched to all white males - but only all white males. From that class, the poor were very well able to advance to wealthy as well as powerful. However, Native Americans and those who were ... enslaved did not gain the same rights extended to whites. This white supremacy was one of the questionable practices taken up in the New Democracy. Another questionable practice of Jackso...

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... . 7, to determine whether or Governor Davis is to remain in office. With all the media hoopla the recall election has received, the fate of Gray Davis isn't the only issue voters will be voting on. Two initiatives will also appear on the ballots: Proposition 53- an amendment sponsored by the legislature that will dedicate part of the state budget to infrastructure and Proposition 54- a measure to ban government agencies ... Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) to name a few. Proposition 54's founder and chairman is none other than Ward Connerly, the chairman and founder of the American ...

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... abide by the Constitution. The FBI has to follow a set of rules as well, the Attorney General's Guidelines. These Guidelines define the powers of the FBI to bring investigations against Americans. Over thirty Civil Liberties Organizations has sent letters to the House of Representatives and Senate Judiciary Committees urging prompt reviews of the Guidelines. Changes in the Guidelines will allow the FBI to engage in prospective searches in places of worship and the use of private-sector ... databases to detect criminal activity. This goes against our First Amendment freedoms of political...

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... that they needed to defend themselves against the French Army. They captured the Bastille and began to tear it down. In August of 1789, the Assembly adopted the Decrees of August 4 and Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. This abolished some of the feudal dues peasants owed landlords, and tax advantages. The Assembly later drafted a constitution that made France a limited monarchy with one house of legislature. France was divided into 83 regions ... called departments, each with elected councils for local government. But the right to vote and hold ... ...

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