I hate to sound like a biggot, but in all actuallity, it over compensates for racism. ... All of the points of the declaration that make reference to a foreign king ruling the colonies are about as absolute as the United States Army using muzzle loaders. ... The king at one time prevented the establishment of a judiciary power. ... On top of that, no king is responsible for their tenure or salary. ... Great Britain at one time cut off all trade from the colonies to the rest of the world, forcing internal trade. ...

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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 Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence he blames the king(s) of Great Britain for slavery. Jefferson states that the king has "prostituted his negative" (pg. 238), meaning that the king had sold his political and cultural ideas to the people of Great Britain causing them to fight in America for him whether his ideas were right or wrong. The king also was using tactics such as Jefferson states "piratical warfare," where the king would threaten and attempt to take property from the American people for not doing as he pleased or abiding by his laws. ... Jefferson...

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Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, and Stephen King; what do all these people have in common? ... All that aside I believe that success means different things to different people. ... They needed a more effective more powerful government, one that could be spread out to reach all the states. ... Often times failure is portrayed as a negative, but the examples of Michael Jordan, Bill gates, Stephen King, and the United states of America prove otherwise. ... While success may not be the same for each and every person, I believe we can all agree that we all strive to achieve true happiness. ...

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The Supreme Court blocked the execution saying that "The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances" (Savage, A5). ... They had all lived in America and spoke perfect English. ... Without support from Europe, Bush is looking to gain all of his support from Americans. ... All were later released. ... That has to raise the question "about whether this doesn't expose U.S. citizens to a greater risk of secret trials overseas" (King, A2)...

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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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Lincoln believed in "the ends justified the means" argument in preserving all the laws. ... Freedom of speech is the right to freely express yourself- including all types of expression. ... Religious freedom is the complete right to practice any religion of your choice, or no religion at all, and all without government control. ... Many Americans believe that whenever the government is involved, absolutely all religious commentary must be stopped in order to comply with this clause. ...

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Lincoln believed in "the ends justified the means" argument in preserving all the laws. ... Freedom of speech is the right to freely express yourself- including all types of expression. ... Religion Religious freedom is the complete right to practice any religion of your choice, or no religion at all, and all without government control. ... It was a statement telling everybody in the world why we were rebelling against King George III. We repeatedly sent petitions to the king, but they were ignored. ...

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This government was the Articles of Confederation, a basic constitution, which was ratified by all the states in 1781 before the Revolutionary War ended. ... Amendments could be made only by unanimous consent of all thirteen states--a rather rare phenomenon--and even national laws required a two-thirds majority, also somewhat improbable. ...

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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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After the Revolutionary War the United States of America was a new nation free of the power of the British King. ... The powers to coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, establish a post office, declare war, and to spend the money necessary to promote the common good of the people of the United States were all stated in the Constitution.# The State government's powers were strictly written in the Constitution under the Tenth Amendment , which reserved all other powers " to the states respectively or to the people." ... All that will happen is the benefits of laws and issu...

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Parliamentary vs. Presidential In the article Concentration of Power vs. Dispersion of Powers (L. Lipson 1993) it compares and contrasts many states and their governmental system. For instance Athens and Rome, France and Britain etc., in order to understand a comparison of the strengths and...

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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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Well, sadly to say they are all myths. ... The American dream is not what Dr. king wanted, he just wanted peace and equality for all individuals. ... If all men a created Equal why is their the need for "Affirmative Action"? ... We all know where it comes from. ... The reason we cling to these myths is that as a kid they all are true. ...

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It means we have no king. ... Our Constitution has given some Fundamental Rights to all citizens. ... All the citizens are equal before the law. ... Further, Indian secularism guarantees equal freedom to all religions. ... All citizens enjoy a common uniform citizenship. ...

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This bountiful wisdom arose from the unjust treatment of King George to which the colonists were subject. ... In the Sixth Amendment, it is stated that, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right...to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence." ... After the Florida Supreme Court ruled against Gideon's petition for habeus corpus, Gideon appealed his case to the United States Supreme Court in forma pauperis, which means that if the case is approved to be considered the government would provide a lawyer and all other expenses for the consideratio...

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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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These are all terms referring to the judicial system. ... It guaranteed the right of British subjects to petition the king and to bear arms. ... All of these freedoms appear in the United States Bill of Rights in one form or another. ... They added these amendments to their constitution because they wanted all of the rights that the British had and more. ...

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After all, it is the "other white meat." ... Reigning pork-barrel king, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairmen Ted Stevens, insisted that "the needs of his home state {Alaska} are immense and he is proud to have steered millions to the far Northwest" (Anderson 33-4). ... After all, politicians have been notorious for wasting American tax dollars for many generations, right? ... But can this mistrust for the American government system possibly also be responsible for the decreasing voter turnout in populations of all ethnicities and ages? ...

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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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March 29, 1960, The New York Times ran an editorial advertisement placed by the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South, headlined, "Heed Their Rising Voices."" ... The New York Times appealed and took the case all the way to the Supreme Court. ... The verdict was a not just a great victory for Sullivan but for all of those who were pro-segregation and racism. ...

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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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