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Summry of Jefferson Davis' Speech on Property Rights

This 3 page paper gives a summary of the speech given to Congress by Jefferson Davis over property owning in relation to slaves. T...

Patriot Act Evaluation

This essay asserts that the Patriot Act is detrimental to American constitutional rights. Two pages in length, one source is cited...

Constitutional Reform and the Middle East

This paper pertains to constitutional government and reform, with a special focus on the nineteenth century and the Middle East. T...

Censorship and Lord of the Flies

The classic book "Lord of the Flies" by William Gerald Golding was first published in 1959. Although...

Due Process and the Definition and Delineation of Individual Rights

Due process has had a definitive impact on the delineation and definition of the rights of American citizens. Interestingly, howe...

Executive Power: Protection Versus Personal Rights

integral role in saving society from such fatal intrusion, with proponents contending it has, indeed, become imperative for govern...

The History of Government in Italy

of the House of Savoy became King of Italy in 1861 and Rome was incorporated in 1870 (U.S. Department of State, 2006)....

Royal Prerogative and the Unwritten Constitution

Hallam (1992) however, points out that citizens of the U.K.: "cannot fairly consider as part of our ancient constitution w...

An Overview of Chandler v. Siegelman and Adler v. Duval

establishing a precedence that requires public schools to remove any private religious expression during graduation, an inevitable...

Washington Community's Importance According to James Sterling Young

that is often referred to with awe and reverence. The framers are still held high in esteem. In fact, they are called "framers" wi...

1st and 2nd Amendments' Examination and Revision

the Constitution (and its Bill of Rights) is a living document, which was written in such a way so as to fit the times. While this...

Civil Liberties, Terrorism, and Immigration Laws

the arrests and the consequent interrogations that they were outraged and told officials that these tactics would not prove to be ...

Amend the Constitution to Ban Gay Marriage

It could be said that the ban, as well, could likely violate the concept of equality, which is also implied in the Constitution (T...

United States v. Eichmann Supreme Court Case

Texas statute criminalizing desecration of the flag and had provided the flag protection language for the Flag Protection Act of 1...

Comparative Analysis of Monarchal and Constitutional Forms of Government

An argument that a constitutional government is superior to a monarchy is presented in five pages. Five sources are cited in the ...

Second Revolution in America, the Civil War

he knew nothing of the causes for the war. Nash and Jeffrey use this to illustrate their statement that people fought on the Ameri...

Crime Reporting Techniques and an Examination of the U.S.A. Patriot Act

under surveillance for perceived terrorist activities, which includes the use of weapons (a right guaranteed citizens in the Const...

U.S., Free Speech, and Engel v. Vitale

prescribing religious devotions; the idea being that by keeping a strict line between religion and state, religious freedom is ens...

Causes Initiating the Civil War

had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...

The History of the 16th, 17th & 18th Amendments

party "bosses," as well as state political "machines," and, in the process, eradicate the undue influence of special interest grou...

Texas and Wisconsin Judicial and Constitutional Structures

states and joining the Union. One of the features of the United States government is that individuals can disagree yet stil...

Overview of the 1865 to 1877 Era of Reconstruction Following the U.S. Civil War

became tenants and landlords (Ruef and Fletcher, 2003). Slaves who escaped this fate were still unskilled and had to take jobs f...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens' Philosophy

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Crises in the Constitution

took until 1791 for the states to agree on the ten that have endured (Mount, 2005). However, as needs arose, and different concern...

'Arbitrary' Capital Punishment?

in todays society, the very foundation upon which it was originally created - to dissuade deviant social behavior - has continued ...

Constitutional Reform in Great Britain

In six pages this research paper explores the program of constitutional reform that has been continuing in Great Britain with emph...

Impeachments of Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon Compared

In five pages similar constitutional 'impeachibility' determinations in the impeachment of these two U.S. Presidents are compared ...

Single Currency and the Implications of the Euro

In twenty pages this paper examines the socioeconomic, political, and constitutional implications associated to the introduction o...

Euro Currency and its Implications

In twenty pages this paper examines the single Euro currency in a consideration of its sociopolitical and constitutional implicati...

U.S. Sovereignty

of government, something that is not the case (1995). The author also points to several things such as judicial review for example...