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America's Constitution and Rights for Women

In twelve pages this paper argues that the US Constitution has never provided equality for women. Sixteen sources are cited in th...

1992 Case of Luke Records v. Navarro, 960 F.2d 130 Legal Brief

In two pages this paper presents a background of the case involving the 1st Amendment's freedom of speech as it relates to the roc...

Precedents of the U.S. Supreme Court and Free Speech

In five pages this paper examines how the 14th Amendment's free speech provisions affects symbolic acts in case considerations of ...

Existence of Natural Rights

In five pages the existence of natural rights is considered within the context of John Locke's concepts and as they are manifested...

'Cruel and Unusual Punishment' and the 8th Amendment

punishment.iv It was a close vote of 4 to 3, which means that not all justices on that court believed electrocution to be cruel an...

Due Process Clause and Punitive Damages

be considered a violation of the due process clause? The doctrine of Substantive Due Process contends that the actual clause does ...

Women's Right to Vote Movement Success

status quo in order to embrace her own intellectual redoubt ("The feminism," 1998). In the 1850s, the vote was really the only co...

Why English Should Not Be the U.S. Official Language

supremacy of white, native-born citizens" (Diamond, 1996, p. 154). Because so many people speak English and it is the primary lan...

Congressional Bill on Repeat Child Sex Offenders

In five pages this paper discusses the life imprisonment advocated for offenders who have repeatedly sexually abused children as d...

1st Amendment and Hate

In five pages this paper examines the ongoing conflict between the protection of free speech as guaranteed by the 1st Amendment an...

Buckley v. Valeo, the 1st Amendment, and Free Speech

the United States Senate has commented twenty-three years after the decision, "We believed that these restrictions were fundamenta...

Arguments Favoring the Demise of Hate Speech

In ten pages this research paper advocates an abridgement to the 1st Amendment that would prohibit hate speech in the U.S. with a ...

Government Branches and Balance of Power

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the three main government branches. This paper includes how amendment and other governmenta...

The US Constitution and Decision in Philadelphia

This 3 page paper gives an explanation about slavery and the US Constitution by way of the book Decision in Philadelphia. This pap...

The Positive and Negative elements Within the US Government

This 6 page paper gives an overview of a few aspects of the US Government. This paper includes the pros and cons of The Constituti...

The Election Process: US Presidency

This paper pertains to the election process, as stipulated by the Constitution, for U.S. President, and issues associated with rec...

Censoring Television Content is Wrong

to violence and to increase such adverse societal phenomenon as drug use and drinking. Those that support censorship of American ...

Branches of the U.S. Government

advised the leaders of several states, in regards to establishing their state constitutions, to consider the threat of tyranny and...

Historic Events/U.S. Constitution

regards to the location chosen to establish the Plymouth colony (Mayflower, 2011). The precise influence of the Mayflower Compact ...

Revolutionary Thought and the Shaping of the US Constitution

The American Revolution occurred because of a long series of British wrongs. In essence, the colonists had four major...

The American Presidency

of both the despotism that can be imposed by a monarch, as well as the "tyranny of a fixed popular majority" (Foner and Garraty). ...

The Historical Path to the US Constitution 1215 to 1787

has played a part in shaping numerous other documents relating to constitutional law. One of the documents that the Magna...

Michael Parenti's Views on the U.S. Government

down the road to create a society that embraces both people of color, and women. Although many contend that the Framers were inter...

Madison's Auxiliary Precautions" - Still Serving Mankind Today?

warn of the socially inequitable practice of utilitarianism. The extent to which the majority of a given society typically holds ...

The Idea of the U.S. Constitution

(States of human nature). Now lets look at the Constitution. The Preamble sets out the purpose of the document clearly: We the p...

Declaration of Independence/Constitution & Law

are ruled directly the people. In a republic, the government is run by the peoples elected representatives. Samuel Adams, a signer...

The Emergence Of The Modern Congress And Presidency

and every bureau" (Sundquist, 1981, p. 38) every year. Prior to that Act, each department and bureau had to submit their own progr...

New World Colonization by England

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

The Boys Scouts in Litigation

they affirmed their intention to found a Christian nation under God.1 Historian Frank Lambert refers to these men as the "Puritan ...

Process of Electing Presidents in America

As this indicates, the only legal requirement for the presidential election is the provision in the Constitution that spells out t...