... like about Benedict's writing style was how he used many outside sources and direct quotes throughout his book which seem to be from long ago and are hard to read and understand. Nor did he paraphrase or clarify any quotes in his book. For example " The managers pointed to the language, insisting that a "vacancy.....whereby they cannot perfrom the duties of their said respective offices" could not refer to vacancies created by ... removal but only to those who happened naturally in the course of administration-the death of the incumbent ... ...

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... proof of the original intent of the founding fathers can be seen in a quote from Thomas Jefferson. "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best form [of government] those entrusted with power have, in time and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." (Thomas Jefferson, Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge-1788) (3). George Washington stated, " government is not reason; it is not eloquence, it is force! Like fire, it ... Handbook. California: ABC-CLIO Inc., 1995 [3] saf.org Founding Fathers Quotes http://www.saf.org/FoundingFathersQuotes.html Accessed April 3, 2001...

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... and the Bill of Rights. And in the Bill of Rights holds the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment protects individual ownership of firearms because the Founding Fathers wrote it as that, the Second Amendment and Constitution is for the people, and the judges who voted against individual ownership ruled from their personal opinion. The Founding Fathers wrote the Second Amendment to protect individual ownership of firearms. The Second Amendment states, "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the ... of the Center for the American Founding a...

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... a political figure such as the president. In the United States that would be violating our first amendment rights, here we may speak our minds with very few limitations. The Bill of Rights does give the people an enormous amount of freedom, but there are stipulations. An example of this would be violating your first amendment right by causing clear and present danger by yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater even ... , and a law against the book would probably not be passed. All in all, it was necessary for the United States to add the Bill of Right's to the Constitution. The Constitution j...

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The faced fire threats to establish the Bill of Rights, the British army marching on the Capitol, one of US greatest enemies with tens of thousands of missiles ready to be launched, worldwide fascism on the march, two World Wars fought at once, and Americans will give up their freedom just because a President decides to? The freedom of an entire nation, currently having approximately 317 million citizens, is being violated by their own Executive ... emerging from this unconstitutional abuse of power: an abuse in American's privacy, an inequality on how check and balances are distributed, how ...

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... . There were 8,000 women walking the parade. Alice wanted to put a ton of pressure on Wilson. The banner she held read "We demand an Amendment to the United States Constitution Enfranchising the Women of the Country." The situation soon followed a near-riot, with viewers so close to Alice and the Women that they were unable to proceed. The Massachusetts and Pennsylvania Police stepped in; eventually, students from the Maryland College created a huge human ... Harry Burn who was the youngest member of the Tennessee assembly at twenty four years old. He was originally going to vote "no" wh...

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... shall make no law restricting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the rights of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Supreme Court Justice Hugo Blacks interpretation of the First Amendment is one of the simplest and what I believe to be the most true. Hugo Black points out that the amendment says, Congress shall make no law ... shall make no law restricting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridgin...

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... incriminating statements were voluntarily given, as prerequisite to admission thereof as evidence against him" (State [Iowa] v Jump, 1978). The quotes above have in recent years shaped the way that the burden of proof is distributed in self-incrimination issues. To sum up all of the quotations first, it is not necessary for the prosecution to have documentation that a person has waived their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent ... in the State and District in which the crime occurred. The burden of proof "that the crime occurred in (the) district of trial is squarely on (the) prosecu...

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... of the press or rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their arms" (qtd. in "Founding Fathers" 1). Adams was a key figure in drafting the Constitution, and many of the founding fathers followed his lead in pulling for the Second Amendment. Without question an opinion of such a prestigious man means something in the minds of opponents of gun control. Patrick Henry also felt strongly on the subject of the ... them" (qtd. in Kruschke 12). By having the right to keep and bear arms, it ensures the public of the United State...

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... reservists ready to defend their community in emergencies. (Katz 1974) An example of a militia is the National Guard. Back in the 1700's, the framers of the Second amendment were armed with state-of-the-art military firearms. When the British said that the American colonists did not have the right to keep and bear arms and marched to Concord to gather weapons from the Americans, the Revolutionary War began. (Roleff 1997) Many families (during this period ... their family and home from invaders. Today there are army reasons for gun ownership. Scholars have found that prior to the writing...

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... substance like marijuana will just make history repeat itself just like the Prohibition era when the manufacture or sale of alcohol was illegal. Kieffer quotes "We repealed the 18th amendment via the 21st amendment"(Kieffer, Par2) stating that the U.S government eliminated the ban of alcohol with the 18th amendment and passed the 21st amendment that made a age limit for the consumption of alcohol. This method can be used to legalize marijuana but ... the protection of the constitution. Government and state officials wouldn't have to waste money cracking down on drug dealers or sales and...

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... gives a very apathetic almost mechanical recount of the Convention, focusing the specific operations that transpired from May 25 until September 17. He described the Convention on a day-to-day basis showing the opinions of both sides of each argument. He often used direct quotes and summarized statements from delegates present to give a sterile and unbiased argument. Because of this Banning gives a very good summary of the Constitutional Convention and should be read by those who have ... only a basic understanding of the Convention. To those who have studied the Constitutional Conventi...

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... public forums as well as in the courts of the United States. The protection granted by Freedom of Speech have some limitations and restrictions. These limitations and/or restrictions include that Freedom of Speech does not cover speech that encourages and incites others to violence, violates public safety or infringes upon the rights of others. A classic example of First Amendment limitations would be if a person yelled "FIRE!" in a crowded movie theater when there ... Yates v. the United States, 1957 and Brandenburg v. State of Ohio, 1969. There are other judicial limitations that were...

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... the structure of the United States Constitution was manipulated by the personal financial and property interests of the members at the convention such as public securities, manufacturing, trading, and shipping. Through close examination to tax and census records and biographical sources, Beard concludes that the members of the Constitutional Convention consisted primarily of a cohesive group of economic elites who formed the foundation of America's government to benefit and protect the security of their personal property. In his book, he argues that the members of the ... crucial claims...

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... famous bookstore in Florence (Green 166). A private edition was published in Florence in 1928 and as Lawrence had expected, Courts in the United States and the United Kingdom declared Lady Chatterley's Lover "obscene" in 1929 and prohibited it to be copyrighted. The United States Customs would have the banned book confiscated from travelers returning to the U.S., but according to Paul Grendler, those who wanted banned books got them (32).Lawrence ... that "any literary merit that the book may have is far outweighed by the pornographic and smutty passages and words" (Koger 188). The Post...

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... much easier for people to defend ourselves. The government cannot protect the general public from violence. Due to the large number of citizens in the United States, the government cannot promise safety. For the time being, "The government cannot guarantee the safety of its citizens. Protecting oneself and family is a personal duty and the government should not impede the ability of responsible adults to defend themselves". With the number of citizens increasing at an astronomical rate ... for more guns owned illegally. "An increase in gun ownership fuels the secondary market by which g...

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... country. These individuals came from Japanese descent and the government would have no proof that these individuals were partaking in espionage. Here, the Supreme Court was being discriminatory against the Japanese and gave the United States the power to segregate people during wartime. I think that the Supreme Court did not uphold the merits of the constitution here because they only thought about the majority of the citizens in their ruling and not the American citizens who happened ... impartially when it will have a negative effect on the government or on the majority of the citizen...

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... listed in the Constitution. The second, cooperative federalism, asserts that the national government is supreme over the states, and the 10th Amendment, the Supremacy Clause, the Necessary and Proper Clause, and the Commerce Clause have entirely different meaning. A good illustration of the wide interpretation of these parts of the Constitution is exemplified by the Necessary and Proper Clause's other common name: the Elastic Clause. For the most part, the United States' branches of government operate under the presumption of a cooperative federalism. The shift from dual to ... closely,...

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... Process Clause "extends to certain personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy, including intimate choices that define personal identity and beliefs" (Oyez). The head of the dissenting justices, Chief Justice John Roberts, believes that due process is a necessary right but that the majority opinion is taking its meaning too far. Our text book reverberates Justice Robert's logic behind his dissenting argument when it states: " ... not be submitted to a vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections (Oyez)." Justice Scalia referred to this kind of logic as "descendin...

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... allow for the creation of a National Bank, and since this is the case, according to Article X, the decision should be left up to the states. Professor Richard E. Ellis wrote a book titled, "Aggressive Nationalism: McCulloch v. Maryland and the Foundation of Federal Authority in the Young Republic," in which he criticizes the actions of the Supreme Court in the 1800's. Much of his work draws from the essays of a man who wrote under the pseudonym Hampden. In one of his essays ... , Hampden argues that the ... ...

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... a stand and end the abortion debate once and for all by rescinding any legislation prohibiting women from these rights. Although the word "abortion " does not appear in the Constitution, the right to having an abortion is still protected under the Ninth Amendment of the Bill of Rights. To settle the conflict between the Antifederalists and the Federalists, the writers of the Constitution threw in a few specific rights (Amendments One through Eight) to fulfill the desires of the Antifederalists. The rest of the rights of a United ... States citizen would be protected under the Ninth Amen...

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... the previous experiments of gun control in England and in numerous states. Supporters of gun control state that to decrease crimes committed with fire arms (which amass a high majority of crimes) guns should be banned from private ownership. This removes guns from the public, therefore taking away the instrument of easily accomplishing crimes. Arthur Kellermann and Donald T. Raey, two gun control advocates, did their own research into the issue and published a discovery of their own; the ... 43-1 Statistic. In this statistic, Kellerman and Raey state that a gun will be ... ...

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... . This case was an essential element in the struggle for the creation of federalism, and the permanent balance between federal power and States' rights. In any event, the elastic clause was expressed by the authorities, showing that the law of land can be interpreted by Marshall in the best interest of the authorities and in fact be stretched in whichever way that suits the authorities. As a result, the use of the constitution as a back drops to uphold interest ... . Gibbons vs. Ogden in 1824 was another long line of cases presided over by chief Marshall, whose ideologies give way to judi...

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... , but all homosexuals are mainly concerned with the institution of marriage. The argument can be made that marriage is something that homosexuals shouldn't want to take part in, but this is incorrect. The legal status involving marriage gives spouses certain state and federal benefits such as "automatic inheritance, burial determination, divorce protections, immunity from testifying against spouse," certain membership, taxation and insurance breaks to which all people ... , including homosexuals are entitled to. Despite this long list of unattainable benefits, same sex marriage is still b...

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... any of the provisions of the Fourth Amendment will be excluded from court proceedings, they will less likely conduct searches without warrants or without probable cause. The Weeks decision only affected federal courts, and two-thirds of the state courts rejected the exclusionary rule, claiming the rule placed unnecessary burdens on the police and the rule favored the guilty. Many years later at the state level in the 1961 landmark case of Mapp v. Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the rights of the ... private security guards. For example, assume that a mall security guard lacking pr...

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