Political socializations are how we all come to the realization of what we think is a good idea or a bad idea, based on our experiences. ... The United States government was based on federalism and still is today. Federalism is a system in which significant governmental powers are divided between a central government and smaller units, which we refer to as states. ... In a confederalist government "the constituent states join for common purposes but retain the ultimate authority and can veto any major governmental actions." ... With the federalist government all the different types of mili...

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(Woll 332) As the weakest authority of the branches of government, the Court is not able to take over, as was intended by the framers of the Constitution when developing the branches of government and imposing checks and balances. ... Sticking to precedent makes it so the Justice's decisions are based upon something, they aren't random or without reasoning and support. ... (Greenberg and Page 440-442) The government's public policy-making is not without external opinion and pressures. First of all, the government itself is an influence... For these reasons, The Supreme Cou...

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While "legitimacy" may be defined as "the feeling or opinion the people have that government is based upon morally defensible principles and that they should therefore obey it," then there must be a correlation between what the people want and what the government is doing if legitimacy is to take place. The U.S. government may be considered legitimate in some aspects, and illegitimate in others. ... The problem with the seniority system is that power is not based on elections or on who is most qualified to be in a position of authority. ... Furthermore, most of what the federal gover...

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However over time, the Constitution began to apply to the states as well as the federal government. ... The case made it to the Supreme Court, who ruled that the Fifth Amendment only applied to the federal government, and not the states. ... The result of this act was essentially a government created monopoly on the city's slaughterhouses. ... This conclusion is as much based in a lack of strong evidence in any other reason as any proof pointing towards this theory. ... Federalism is essentially the transfer of some power from the states back to the federal government. ...

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The court's decision strengthened the role of the government because it displayed how the national government had more power than the individual states.The Court also ruled the Supremacy clause. ... This case was important because the United States economy became increasingly more business and industry based. As it became more industry and business based, the need for contracts-- legal bindings-- between businesses grew and going between a contract was declared unconstitutional. ... Also the state government created and enforced laws disagreeing with federal laws. ... The decision of the ...

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Much of the Court Challenges Program has heard hearings based on language rights and education rights, both receiving an adequate amount of financial support because of the Government's prioritization of linguistic rights over other minority groups' rights. ... Some people believe that this case didn't do much; the federal government didn't discipline the levels of government enough or societies to diminish segregation. ... Based on the information we've learned on the program, we can now provide the audience with an outline of whom and what the program benefits verses...

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The United States is a government of enumerated powers. Congress, and the other two branches of the federal government, can only exercise those powers given in the Constitution. ... Hamilton's more flexible interpretation makes possible a strong central government, whereas Jefferson's narrower interpretation strengthens states' rights. ... Has the design for government persisted over the years as the Founding Fathers have originally intended? ... The case is important because it indicates that the justices may be starting to reconsider the court's extremely expansive view ...

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This was a crucial step in assuring that Americans were given the opportunity to know exactly what records government agencies had about them. ... ut that government agencies are still allowed to blank out parts of the files they send to private citizens that contain where their information came from (52). ... Most Americans are aware that the government holds records on them but few realize how many records the government has and exactly what information those records contain. ... Although some of this information may be necessary in calculating social security and other government program...

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Based on the type of government intended by the Constitution, the government is expected to protect individual liberty. As Marshall says, "[The government] will certainly cease to deserve [to be termed a government of laws, and not of men] if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested right." ... Finally Marshall gets to the question based on which he decides the case - the Supreme Court's jurisdiction over this case. ... In his typical style, Marshall follows this constitutionally based statement with one of the most controversial rulings, which has no constitutional basis....

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It is also what prevents governments and their agents from invading citizens' privacy. ... According to John Locke, it is the government's highest responsibility to protect the rights of all its citizens. ... The original anti-sodomy statue was based on a belief that homosexuality is immoral, one of the pervasive moral precepts of the South. Moral precepts are rules of behavior based on ideas of right and wrong (Ranney, 2001). ... As gay and lesbian advocacy groups have tried to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation, the 1986 Bowers v. ...

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Johnson's involvement in a political demonstration in Dallas, lead him to express his political concerns with the nations leaders and governmental policies. ... He has chosen to practice his First Amendment rights, by expressing his disapproval of government leadership and polices, by publicly burning and American flag. It is this courts decision that Johnson has not intended to encourage others to take more drastic approaches of protesting government. ... The State's conviction is therefore unjust, based on its claim that Johnson has threatened societal order and peace. ... Governm...

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In the twentieth century, censorship has gone to more extreme measures by involving the government and legal system. ... Another case demonstrates that the issue of art obscenity and government funding is far from settled. ... For example some of these governmental limits take the form of statutes prohibiting sale of material deemed to be obscene or pornographic. ... The Finley case demonstrates that the government has some rights to consider the content of the art when it is providing funding. Even though governments in the United States possess some rights to regulate art content, the a...

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There is a social unrest in America these days regarding the Government's denial of the right to marry to many homosexual. ... While the belief system of the politicians is what they are basing their ideals on, this country was founded on religious freedom where we are allowed to worship as we wish. ... The separation of Church and State was established so that there would be a distinction between religion and government so that the church would not influence government and vice versa. The issue of gay marriage distorts those lines and religion intervenes and influences the government...

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In order to develop a successful government, the Framers developed our three branch system. ... The citizens should be able to trust our government to follow the constitution. ... This holds true for our government as well. ... They based their ruling on the fact that we were at war with the Japanese and not the individuals in our own country. ... The Supreme Court's decisions are based on whether or not they will cause the citizens to panic. ...

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The New Deal Throughout the 1930's Roosevelt created a government that took part in an increasingly popular role in the economy and the well being of the country. Roosevelt challenged all three branches of government and the constitution to make a better economy for America. ... Until 1933 the economy had been based on the gold standard, where all money had to be backed up by gold. ... The New Deal had avoided anything that looked like a permanent welfare system because they did not want America to give up and receive treatment by the government. Now the government had a plan for so...

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Judicial Review, For the People, By the People Judicial review is a function of our government that is carried out by the judicial branch, namely, the Supreme Court. ... Thus, these judges have been chosen by the people, as all high ranking officials ought to be, in a democratic government. ... This also means that unlike the other branches of government which are rotated regularly, the justices see many terms come and go. ... However, because judges can potentially serve in office for as long as their life permits, their decisions can be solely based on democratic principles and those ...

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But the decision of such a case may determine whether it is constitutional or not to hire, fire, accept, or reject people based on their social media updates and posts. ... The plaintiff claimed that a 'friend' shared his on-line postings with his government agency employer. The plaintiff claimed that the online posting caused his government agency employer to unconstitutionally and illegally fire him. ... The plaintiff's voluntary sharing of information means that the government never forced him to share the information he posted online and got fired for. ... The federal gov...

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The government has attempted to intervene through passing laws and imposing regulations. ... When the Bill of Rights was enacted, the First Amendment was construed mainly to shield speakers from imprisonment for anti-government views. ... What restrictions can the government place on speech in a designated public forum? A designated public forum, according to the Supreme Court, is a forum set aside by government for expressive activities. Like a traditional public forum, content-based speech restrictions in a designated public forum are subject to strict scrutiny. ...

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This statue was part of a fundamental government program and had no specific religious intentions and did not give any group special privileges. ... Other government services are given to religious schools, like a sewer systems, so this reimbursement is no different other than it is more direct. ... This clause does not permit the government to do anything that excessively and unfairly gives special treatment to a specific religion over another as well as prohibiting the establishment of an official religion within the government. ... Although the Establishment Clause was broadly structured, i...

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Having an abortion should be legal without any sort of encumbrance upon the federal government, state governments, and the citizens because it should be up to one's personal discretion. ... Wade, it was stated that "The ruling was largely based on the idea that a woman should be able to choose whether or not to bear children and that making such a decision should remain between a woman and her doctor " (Haney 34). Involving the government in this type of decision eliminates the privacy guaranteed to the people by the government. ... Now, there is a gratuitous debate going on which sugge...

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During the judiciary Act of 1789, even before ratifying of the Bill of Rights, was the creation of the judiciary branch of government as specified by the Constitution. ... In the most important judicial decision in U.S. history, the Supreme Court empowered itself to be the final authority on the legality of government activity. ... Therefore, the Court could become an equal branch of government with the legislative and executive branches. ... Maryland does not think the federal government has a right to pass legislation that overrules a state law. ... He agrees that the problem is serious and ...

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While supporters of the civilian trials proclaim that "due process " and justice must be afforded to all, as we have seen in the past, civilian trials of terrorists have been based more on international rules and procedures rather than on United States laws and jurisdiction. ... This is not based on their nationality or territorial location. ... The problem with this argument is that the action of these terrorists was not meant to be a mere conflict with our government, it was meant as an act of war that was targeted directly at the United States. in order to try and destroy the American econo...

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"McCarthyism", as it was called, forced many government officials and Hollywood celebrities to go before McCarthy and the rest of the committee, in order to deny their involvement with the Communist Party. ... The nation was forever fearful of communists in positions of governmental, academic, and media power. ... The appellant Roth ran a business, based in New York, which published and sold books, photographs and magazines. ... Similarly, the appellant Alberts, ran a mail-order business based in Los Angeles and was charged with "lewdly keeping for sale obscene and indecent books, and with ...

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Many people who object to the decision base their argument on the idea that there is no harm done because the students are not compelled to recite the Pledge. ... The Pledge case is important because it will help establish whether government references to religion and to "God" amount to impermissible entanglement of religion and government. Excessive entanglement would violate the First Amendment's prohibition on government actions that respect "an establishment of religion." ...

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Court Decision Involving Flag Burning and the First Amendment Rights It was 1984 when demonstrators rallied down the street of Dallas to protest the policies of the Reagan administration and certain Dallas-based corporations. ... Also dissenting, Justice Stevens questions, "Is it the power of the state or the federal government to decide the punishment on such an act?" ... On the other hand, as an underlying principle of the First Amendment, government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds itself offensive or disagreeable, but it may permit symbols to be use...

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