They accepted the King could do no wrong and that the King was accountable only to God7. ... While at first the rights of the charter were only granted to the nobility, they gradually applied to all the people of England13.These rights included freedom from imprisonment without trial, freedom from excessive fines, and freedom to travel for purposes of trade14. When King John confirmed the Magna Carta he was acknowledging the concept that no man, not even the king, is above the law15. ... The Bill of Rights also restated the rule of law, that all people, including rulers, must obey the la...

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The idea that government was not all-powerful first appeared in the Magna Carta, which King John was forced to sign in 1215. ... In the Magna Carta, the king also agreed that he could not tax the people without popular consent. ... All three documents were written because the people were unsatisfied with the way that their current government was handling their nation or country. ... Though similar in nature, it is apparent that all three articles contained some idea that was different from the others. All three would continue to shape the American government in the years to come, and ...

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The teaching of Islam emphasized on the dignity of all human beings and the brotherhood of all people, as well as a unity of all people that leads to the tolerance of different groups within a community. All of these religions had an influence on the development of Western Political thought, mainly the responsibilities of individuals to combat oppression, an individual's self worth, and the equality of all people. ... Many of the reasons why people revolted against their current government system was because the people had almost no rights, it was all controlled by the king. The king co...

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Many accusations were leveled at the British government, and in particular, it's head, King George III, among them being; "cutting off [America's] Trade with all parts of the world, imposing Taxes on [the colonies] without [their] Consent, taking away [the colonies"] Charters, abolishing [their] most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of [their] Governments, suspending [their] own Legislatures, and declaring themselves (England) invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever." ... After the end of the civil war in England, and the restoration of ...

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In response to the new thinking that was sparked by the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Industrial Revolution and other changes in society, bloody and peaceful revolutions took place all over Europe. ... The king knew that they could grant him the taxing authority he wanted but also knew that he would need to compromise his powers in doing so. ... It did away with all special privileges in landed property, abolished feudalism, and vastly improved the conditions of the working class. ... The Magna Carta was a feudal document that was intended to limit the power of the king. The king of Englan...

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The 14th amendment guarantees to all citizens equal protection under the law. ... In December 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. met with Lyndon B. ... King complained that many states still discriminated against African American voting. ... Thomas Jefferson once stated that "all men are created equal." ... This policy is unconstitutional, yet still has been going on for all these years. ...

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So what does all this mean. ... In this paper I will illustrate the legal and political importance of due process of law using the assigned reading from class including The penalty for hand amputation for theft in Islamic justice, the Rodney King affair, and the American Vigilante tradition. ... When it all gets boiled down, due process of law guarantees people the right to tell their side of the accusations. ... There are fewer explicit procedural restrictions contained in the Constitution because Framers could not anticipate all the ways in which governmental offic...

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Instead, every man in the kingdom was considered to be the king's army and it was the duty of everyone to protect the kingdom. If an enemy came from without, all of the men would gather their arms and go and defeat the enemy. ... First of all, Parliament wanted them to pay the expenses of housing the troops in America. ... Often juries were brought together to accuse political opponents of the king of various crimes in order to do away with their opposition. ... Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and George Mason were all of the Anti-Federalist opinion. ...

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He states, "The plague-stricken town, traversed throughout with hierarchy, surveillance, observation, writing; the town immobilized by the functioning of an extensive power that bears in a distinct way over all individual bodies "this is the utopia of the perfectly governed city- (Foucault 228). ... Foucault described the panopticon as "a royal menagerie; the animal is replaced by man, individual distribution by specific grouping, and the king by the machinery of a furtive power. ... A man and his wife, 2.3 kids, successful job, home, and minivan "all of these things seem like prere...

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Jefferson originally stated that the states should have the power and that the federal government is like the king (Doc A). ... Then, he reversed and made a new navy to go and block all trade into Britain. ...

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In the early nineteenth century, while John Marshall was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the decisions he made strengthened the role of the national government. These decisions also helped to lay the foundations of the country's economy. Different Supreme Court cases were able to raise the n...

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Andrew Jackson thought that all common men should be involved in the government, eventually he eliminated the requirements to vote. ... It was believed that since all men were created equal, as stated by the Constitution, all men could hold public office. ... This action proves that Jackson and his followers provided equal economic opportunity for all social classes. ... A political cartoon drawn in 1832, shows "King Andrew the First", it depicts the president of the United States stepping all over the Constitution. ... Jacksonians believed in equality between all classes, however, Nativ...

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In order to accomplish this goal it was necessary to build a government where all the interest of the people where represent not just those of the "new aristocracy."" ... In it he states, "The perfection of government depends on the equality of its operation, as far as human affairs admit, upon all the parts of the empire, and upon all the citizens. ... Have just gained independence from King George of England the proponents of Anti-Federalism where hesitant to give up their hard earned freedoms to a national government. ... In it Patterson wrote; "All acts of the United States in Congress...

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This is very similar to the situation in England in 1215 when King John was chased down and forced to sign the Magna Carta which limited the monarch's power. ... "It is agreed on all sides, that the powers properly belonging to one of the department's ought not to be directly and completely administered by either of the other department's,"" was the basic argument of essay 48 by Madison. ... Today all men are imperfect. ...

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The Patriot Act was a bill eliminating all civil rights Americans used to have before its passing. ... This bill, however, promotes a complete opposite effect in that it imprisons Americans into being monitored at all times as if every American is a potential criminal. ... " Our United States government is abusing its power exactly how King George III did when our Founding Fathers revolted. ...

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Their fear was that they were trading the tyranny of British King George III for a regime of home grown authoritarians. ... There are 85 essays in all each addressing different issues of the time about this new national government. ... An interpretation is that we would have to be all completely numb to the world around us not to see an attack coming. ...

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The British King owed the young Penn's father 16,000 pounds for a war he helped finance and unpaid salary. ... Additionally, this Charter of Liberties guaranteed free and fair trial by jury for all, justice in imprisonment and free elections. ... In fact, the Quakers', "Holy Experiment," demonstrated Penn's principles and beliefs of Freedom for all. First of all, as stated in the first article of the Charter of Privileges, William Penn gave the colonists the Freedom of Religion, opening the colony to all the world's religions. ... First of all, Pennsylvania had ...

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Since Martin Luther King Jr.'... The President ignored FISA, abnormally disrespecting the court's judges, believing he now controls all the other two branches because he could command one project without the need to ask for authorization. ... At the end all this dishonesty is portrayed in society as if the President cares about his nation's security. ... The NSA said it analyzes approximately 1.6 percent of all suspicious data per day. ... It is completely certain that all these surveillances are going against civil rights. ...

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But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. ... Bacon had been elected into the House of Burgesses and had established the voting of ALL white men, not just property owners. ... The reforms were prompted by the population, cutting through all class lines. ... Shortly after Bacons death, Berkley returned to Jamestown where he regained all his power and hung leaders of the rebellion. ... After a thorough investigation by an English committee it was reported to King Charles II. ...

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In 1717, Bishop Hoadly told King George I, "Whoever hath an absolute authority to interpret written or spoken laws; it is he who is truly the lawgiver to all intents and purposes and not the person who wrote or spoke them (Pollack, 153)." ...

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Conclude this section with a description of the structure of American government [all branches] and politics at that time. ... All of the tax acts of the day (sugar act, stamp act, Townshend acts, etc.) were cockamamie labels for purposeless taxes imposed on the colonists. ... Between the time of signing and spring of 1790, there were many debates in order to get all the states to agree to the new document. ... But with the agreement that personal liberties would be addressed in the form of a bill of rights all states agreed to the new form of government. ... We see all of this having a ...

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