... , under 45 and b) the classes of the militia are: (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia. This clearly refers to the rest of the able bodied male citizenry, which would keep the professional armies in check. Many of the concerns of the militia groups are ... straightforward. They want us out of the United Nations because ... ...

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... servant and a fearful master." (3) In this quote, Washington summarized the mistrust that the founding fathers had in government. He realized that government could, like a fire, get out of control. Patrick Henry stated, "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approached that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined ... . The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun." (3) Opponents of ... gun control laws, including organizations such as the Nati...

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... of children killing children."(Associated Press) This is all the argument there is for the posting of the Ten Commandments. A public school is not a place of religion. But religion has a constitutional place in the public schools. This is an argument by the state Attorney General of South Carolina Charlie Condon. Other arguments are if the posted copies of the Ten Commandments are to have any effect at all ... is responsible for reading, writing and arithmetic thats it. If the Ten Commandments have not changed the moral character of the children yet they are not going to do so. It is th...

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... United States pg.9). To the belief of the dissent, the officers" conduct did not equate to a search and therefore it was reasonable. "Since what was involved in this case was nothing more than drawing inferences from off-the-wall surveillance, rather than any through-the-wall surveillance" (United States pg.9). Although Justice Scalia agreed with the majority opinion, he did concur the conception of refining Katz because ... when dealing with the privacy of one's home, there is already a criteria as to ... use" that became precedent in Silverman v. United States. The idea of the police ...

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... Miller 21). Along with this sense of American innocence came this notion of American exceptionalism which perhaps fueled this innocence indirectly. The American public, along with many of its governmental leaders felt that America was doing nothing wrong by conquering the Philippines. They saw it merely as a natural evolution. As one former senator, David Hill states; "American valor has ... easily triumphed on both sea and land and the American flag floats over newly acquired territory, never to be lowered again" (Miller 22). Even when the fighting began to become viscous ... importan...

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... secret court order granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The order allowed the collection of massive amounts of "metadata" or transactional information -- the numbers of both parties on a call, location data, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls, but not the contents of the conversation ("Your Data: If You Have Nothing to Hide, You have Nothing to Fear"). This shows ... how much power the government holds over ... American citizens and companies. They have no choice but to give into government power because if they don't comply, ... ...

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... as NSA) is responsible for collecting such information: global monitoring, and analyzing data for counterintelligence purposes. The general populous has always questioned the validity of NSA, as well as the ethical wherewithal of spying on other countries, but more so now, in American society, due to the compromise of millions of pieces of personal data.. While it is a violation of our fourth amendment right ... we think about it, I don't blame the NSA for being so secretive. We would be the reason that the other countries know about our strategies. I am in support the NSA because of th...

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... were not being represented adequately. Antifederalists in large states, however, agreed with this part of the Constitution, but had other problems with the house of Representatives. As the requirements to serve in the House of Representatives were considered, their concern was how long a representative would be able to ... nothing about civil cases. Even in criminal cases, there was no guarantee that the trials would take place near the location of the crime, only in the state it was committed. This could cause people to travel hundreds of miles - or even thousands in matters that went ...

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... until proven guilty. This is all part of due process of law and individuals should never be deprived of this privilege. This is one of the main things that makes us as Americans us. In recent U.S. history, two criminal court cases "O.J. Simpson" and "Casey Anthony& ... quot; showed how individuals made their minds up about guilt even before the trials. There are plenty of cases where people are almost without a doubt guilty and should be executed or just thrown in jail. This all has ... can create problems. For example, is being charged with first degree murder, is innocent, but thinks t...

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... ought to be, free and independent States." In the wake of those words, the Declaration of Independence became a reality. Charles Willson Peale painted the first version of this portrait of Lee to mark the subject's election as president of the Continental Congress in 1784. Peale kept the original for his gallery of American heros in Philadelphia, but later did this replica for Lee's family. Lee, ... Richard Henry, 1732-94, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Westmoreland co., Va.; brother ... of Arthur Lee, Francis L. Lee, and William Lee. He served in the house of burgesse...

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... the Supreme Court reversed the district court. The Second Amendment did not permit an individual to own a double-barrel sawed off shotguns. The court reversed the decision because the shotgun had no connection to a regulated militia. The Second Amendment causes so much controversy and contradiction with the Constitution. For instance, the constitution mentioned being a part of a regulated militia to keep and bear arms, but the Second Amendment states that the people have the ... right to keep and bear arms. The right to ... keep and bear arms is truly in my opinion not the problem. The ...

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... powerful than another. Article One of the Constitution states that only the legislature has the ability to raise money through the collection of taxes and tariffs. In the case the the president of the U.S would have a project in mind, he would be limited to asking Congress for funding (pg.42). Article Two of the Constitution describes the presidents power to make agreements with other countries but it places a limitation by stating ... that before a treaty becomes a law, the Senate must ... ...

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... alley " abortions, which are performed illegally by inexperienced and non-credentialed people. The prices of these abortions are much more expensive and are not as easily obtained and therefore make poor women ineligible to comply. "In addition, statistics indicate that restricting access to abortion does nothing to reduce the number of abortions that take place; instead it causes major public health risks ... and discriminates against the poor " (Sprague, Lee 1). Many women would still opt to get abortions even if they are illegal because it is ... and restrictions upon state action" ...

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... though anyone could serve, regardless of merit with the government. The true reality is that they are appointed by the person holding the highest position in the world, who the people of the country elected. Then, after appointment by the President, the person must be approved by the Senate, whose members are also elected by the people. This means that the judges must pass a screening process of two ... George Bush was proclaimed the winner, and then the election was "too close to call." (Greenberg and Page 419) Soon after, reports of voting irregularities surfaced, then Democrats demand...

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... of 1920 it has been committed to construing Commonwealth powers by reference to the natural meaning of words in which they are formulated, and without any particular attention to the consequences (Kukathas. C, Maley. W, McAllister. I & Lovell. D 1998:68). But in recent times there has been a focus on the courts involvement politically and socially, especially in its activist role. As ... mentioned before judicial activism is: The view that the supreme court justices (and even lower ranking judges as well) ... can and should (re) interpret the texts of the Constitution and the laws in or...

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... and economic impasses that plagued America. State constitutions were the law of the land, and the Articles of Confederation that were approved by Congress in November of 1777 did nothing to keep America afloat on the high seas of Independence. Although the Articles of Confederation gave extensive powers to the national legislature "the abilities to declare war, make peace, appoint military officers, coin money, etc.""it ... according to Locke and cause for a state of war "and attacked the federal arsenal in Springfield. Three months later the militia had put down the uprising, but the d...

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... as they wanted a republican and democratic government. The US constitution outlines the roles, powers and limitations of the president e.g. he is the Commander in Chief of the army and navy. The constitution states that each president can be in office for 2 4 year terms. The constitution also outlines the method for presidential election-voters do not vote directly for the president but vote for delegates in an electoral college that represent ... each state. These delegates then cast votes for the president. This method of election is not very democratic as the delegates from the elect...

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... order to see the entirety of the situation concerning "the right to keep and bear arms". It is perhaps a simple argument for those uninitiated into the complexities of constitutionalism and the history that brought about the existence of such laws. But to those who rally to the cause of preserving this institution of American society there is nothing more important, regardless of the fact that events ... such as the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado or Bethel, ... Alaska have taken place. The amendment as a whole is perhaps ignored and ... ...

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... placed almost total power in the hands of the state governments.1 However, the Articles of Confederation had one vast, resounding success - it dealt well with the burning issue of how to apportion the trans-Appalachian western lands. But while the government under the Articles of Confederation succeeded with the frontier lands, they failed tremendously in the area of economic conditions. Having just won the Revolutionary War, the new United States of America ... needed to establish some sort of government that would serve the country's hard-earned independence. John Dickinson ... ...

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... nearly homogeneous republic. Based on this belief the Anti-Federalist argued that against the adoption of the Constitution. Most important to the Anti-Federalist was the safeguarding of personal freedom and the sovereignty of the people. In the mind of the Anti-Federalist the ideal system was the one that was "the least burdensome- and still defended the rights and liberties of the people. The Anti-federalist where working to create a ... far as human affairs admit, upon all the parts of the empire, and upon all the citizens. Some inequalities indeed will take place. One man will be obl...

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There were many reasons why the South wanted to secede but the main reason had to do with the North's view on slavery. There were a few reasons other then the slavery issue, that the South disagreed on and that persuaded them to ceded from the Union. The North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. The South wanted to reserve all undefined ... felt that expansionism was being threatened, and because expansion was vital to the survival of slavery, they felt their way of life was being threatened. Because s...

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There were many reasons why the South wanted to secede but the main reason had to do with the North's view on slavery. There were a few reasons other then the slavery issue, that the South disagreed on and that persuaded them to ceded from the Union. The North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. The South wanted to reserve all undefined ... felt that expansionism was being threatened, and because expansion was vital to the survival of slavery, they felt their way of life was being threatened. Because s...

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... not take race into consideration to admit students. Race has nothing to do with the fact of students being capable of getting educated and doing well in a university. Any type of discrimination violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment states, " No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be ... to prevent using affirmative action would be to have a similar admissions programs to Harvard's, but the only difference would be not taking race as a consideration or as a ...

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... was related to her major quite a while my cousin is now able to say she loves her job. 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. They examples prove that if we allow them to be, our failures can be pivotal steps to our success. While ... success. You could own a multi-million dollar business, have four cars, and live in a twelve bedroom mansion, but you are not happy you are not successful. You could own all the material things in this world, but if you are not happy tho...

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... life is a relatively new concept and one that has strong roots in early American settlements. According to the Encyclopedia of Social History, the exact origins of the expectation and longing of individual privacy are unclear but key factors include the "waning power of community and, later, the reformation of family as a collection of individuals" (580). Privacy between family members may have contributed to ... a scary idea for Americans because nearly every person talks on the phone and has shared personal conversations. The thought that any of these conversations could be listened t...

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