The federal progressive income tax has been an issue that has been argued on the floors of Congress, in front of the United States Supreme Court, in front of television cameras, and around the dinner table. ... According to the United States Constitution, "all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States" and "no capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken" (Seligman 531). ... But what Aldrich did not expect was states to approve the measure. ... Constitution. ... Although the ...

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• Grade Level: High School

One would establish strict limits on the President's power to take the country into war without specific authorization by Congress, in pursuance of the power to declare war given to the Congress by the Constitution. ... When the Constitution was being written, Congress was first given the power to make war, but this was changed to declare. ... The Senate bill sought to disarm White House opposition by exempting the Indo-China war and it did not apply to "hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States are involved on the effective date of this Act." ... The President was allo...

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Under the United States Constitution, the Congress is forbidden to make laws "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble." ... Persons taking part in the riot may lose a sense of their own identity and give up beliefs for survival or conformity (Deane-Drummond 1975) The United States Department of Justice has labeled groups with a greater potential for causing or participating in civil disorders and violent demonstrations. ... However, in the United States, the use of warning shots is strictly forbidden because they can easily be c...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Technological progression in audio and video recordings, record-breaking pop acts, and high profiles for heavy metal and new age music highlighted 1987. Business boomed as sales of compact disk (CD) players rose rapidly and record companies issued many new albums and reissued old albums on CD. New ...

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Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. ... In 1952 the Supreme Court was approached by four states, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware, along with the District of Columbia, challenging the segregation in public schools. ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) took up the case along with similar cases in the four other states. ... And here, on the sidewalk outside was a gang of white boys come to heckle, a ragtag rabble, slack-jawed, b...

• Word Count: 6511
• Approx Pages: 26
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• Grade Level: High School