According to many state representatives this was the biggest problem with The Constitution. ... The Bill of Rights was introduced by James Madison and became the first 10 Constitutional Amendments. ... How was the public supposed to make the most informed decisions with such a delay in the media infrastructure? ... If there is a problem in government, they will pressure the necessary branch to take action in favor of the public. ... The Constitution possessed many solutions to the troubles of the world's government, and its greatest feature was its ability to make amendments. ...

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This remedy was the Tenth Amendment which states: "The powers not delegated to the United Stated by the Constitution, nor provided by the States, are reserved to the States respectfully, or to the people." ... Let us examine these issues and see how the court may resolve them. ... The President as Commander N Chief When the frames gather in Philadelphia in 1787 for the Constitution Convention, it was not certain how they would create an executive for this great nation. ... Some of these factor many include war, crisis the economy, or scandals. That it is necessary far Preside...

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Ultimately, we will see that at the heart of the matter, the two political parties were formed because they disagreed on how much power the central government should have and how capable the people were in governing themselves. ... On February 15, 1791, Thomas Jefferson gave his opinion on the constitutionality of a National Bank by quoting the Tenth Amendment stating that "all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people.... He believed if you allowed undelegated powers then there would be...

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Since the Declaration many of the states adopted their own "constitutions", other maintained reliance on their colonial charters. ... 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. ... In the middle of Washington's stay the 11th amendment was added to the constitution. ... Part II: Describe the changes in government [structure] and politics [who votes, how, why, and for what, and how the parties form and operate] from the rise of Jacksonian Democracy through the Civil War. With the election of Pres...

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Amendment 10 states that, "the powers not delegated to the United Sates by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people, " in other words, anything not specified in the United States Constitution is jurisdiction of the States. In that case, the Federal Department of Education is in fact, in violation of the 10th Amendment. ... Schools that receive Title I Grants are supposed to involve parents in deciding how funds are spent. ... Then the Department develops guidelines that determine exactly how the program must be operated....

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How clear is it if the Pledge to Allegiance is about God or about the Nations principals and constitution? ... 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. ... In fact, compelling students to recite the Pledge was held to be a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution in 1943, eleven years prior to the act of Congress that inserted the reference to God! (Charles Henderson) How much controversial can this issue be? ... Difficult to determine for many, as to this...

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There was nothing in the Constitution advising what should be done, and the White House and Congress had different ideas about how to handle the problems at hand. ... Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and the Radical Republicans had different views on how the Union should be reconstructed. ... They were upset because Lincoln did not insist for the constitution makers to provide for black male suffrage. ... Johnson did not support the amendment, which led to many acts that weakened his cause and gave Congress the chance to put their plan into action. ... There were still more battles fought ...

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Since its ratification in 1788 there have been 27 amendments to the Constitution. The first 10 amendments, adopted in 1791 and known collectively as the Bill of Rights, established a number of individual liberties, including speech, religion, the press, and the rights of the criminally accused. ... The judicial branch The judicial branch is headed by the Supreme Court of the United States, which interprets the Constitution and federal legislation. ... UNITED KINGDOM Central government The main elements of the government are the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary, with some over...

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The standards that were Laissez-faire set, or stuck down rather, by President Andrew Johnson, were unsatisfactory to the Northerners causing them to vote into congress many radical republicans. These Senators and representatives would bring about new laws that would change how the South was rehabilitated, and how the black population would be treated during the following years. ... Congress also declared that for states to seek remittance into the South, they needed to ratify the fourteenth Amendment in their state constitutions, and give suffrage to blacks. ... The Senate did not want to proc...

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In many ways our nation is flawed as well. ... Though, forcing manufactures to do so would violate their first amendment rights and sabotage their sales and revenue by ultimately discouraging their customers from purchasing their items. ... One of the reasons why the articles were flawed was because they lacked authority and federalism and there simply was no leader, no president. ... Especially in our present days, many of our domestic and foreign issues have many obligations and discreet details that needed to be addressed. ... Nevertheless, precedence is of the highest importance and it i...

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There is no way that the founding fathers could have predicted how our government and entire nation would grow over the past 225 years. ... Despite their appreciation for its size, many of our founding fathers would be disgusted if they learned of how our government was run. ... They would have to wonder how they accomplish anything with so many conflicting views, and I often speculate myself how Congress functions at all. ... Now that I've gotten the bad things out of the way, there are many more reasons for our founding fathers to be proud of how our government has evolved. ... The ...

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Different Lebanese leaders from different factions gathered in order to determine the fate of a post-war Lebanon and discuss amendments to the constitution. ... There is also an article in the Constitution for a Senate that will represent different groups to secure that not one group has the majority in political voice. ... This article devoted full executive power to the president unlike how it was amended in 1990 giving the power to the Council of Ministers. ... Many groups had committed crimes to others and issues had to be reconciled. ... During Ta"if, Lebanon agreed with Syria to have ...

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(United States Constitution) Even preceding the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation stated that, "no other colony shall be admitted into, and entitled to, all the advantages of the union, unless such admission be agreed upon by nine states, (Everett Somerville Brown, The Constitutional History of the Louisiana Purchase) which reflects the historical intention of how new states should be admitted. ... Originally, he drafted an amendment to the Constitution to allow him to make the purchase, but in the end, he decided to do without it. ... Federalists were angered because, "[Anti-...

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If so, how, and to whom? ... Fisher continues, highlighting how Bills have been introduced to make the Presidents national security advisor subject to senate approval. ... Also, the Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate foreign commerce. ... Stemming from Article 2, Section 2 of the American constitution, the President has the power to make treaties. ... Indeed there are various contemporary examples of congress interrupting the President in treaty making. ...

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How can it be possible? ... " Three issues are emerging from this unconstitutional abuse of power: an abuse in American's privacy, an inequality on how check and balances are distributed, how the rule of law is broken meaning that the Constitution is not being followed either, and how the abuse of power by a President can ruin years of progress in a country's democracy. There is a clear inequality on checks and balances between the Executive branch, Congress and the Supreme Court. ... How can this be acceptable? ... Another Amendment of the Bill of Rights that is broken is &quo...

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Roosevelt had to make a decision regarding how to handle the sizable Japanese-American population on the west coast. ... Many constitutional scholars subscribe to the Unitary Executive Theory, but where there is disagreement is on the exact scope of what constitutes executive powers. ... A wartime president deemed that a certain group of citizens, in this case citizens around the DC area, an imminent enough danger to suspend certain rights applied by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Fifth Amendment guarantees that citizens shall not be denied their right to substanti...

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The following quote by the former United States Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, seems to summarize the government's perception of this sensitive subject: An Affirmative Action Plan is a "careful, systematic analysis of who you've got, who's out there, and how you are going to broaden opportunity. ... Their perception of what equality meant has taken on many different definitions as we as a society have evolved and changed. ... Yet the court upheld under the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, consideration of race as a "plus" factor in admissions...

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Within the last century, American courts, especially the Supreme Court, have developed a set of legal doctrines which includes the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and its' amendments, to thoroughly protect our rights as US citizens. ... No matter how unpopular their views, all people should enjoy the freedoms of speech, press and assembly. ... There has been a steady growth of the President's power since World War II. ... There is a "non-political myth" that the only things that Judges do is apply rules neutrally. ... The bureaucracy is not democratic for many reasons. ...

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There was little time for education growing up because Abe had to do lots of hard labor to help provide for his family and neither his step mom or dad were very educated with both likely being illiterate. ... Shortly after his term in the US House of Representatives he proposed an amendment to the constitution to abolish slavery which did not get passed but showed how much Abraham was against slavery. ... This was largely done because Republican leaders saw that Lincoln had what it took to be a successful leader and knew how to get people to listen and follow him. ... This left Lincoln an un...

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