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Cruel and Unusual Punishment

the legislation enacted with regard to punishment is concerned with the method used, not with the fact that an individual is being...

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...

Should Washington D.C. Become a State?

feel that they have enough representation as they live in districts with specific representatives who are numerous and carry elect...

Jenkins and Barthes on Rereading

consumers who become "fans" of a certain film, TV series, or book and subsequently reread it multiple times. Rather than lose inte...

Relationship Between the U.S. Constitution’s First and Second Amendments and Political Issues of Protecting Information Sources, School Prayer, and Gun Control

the press and freedom of speech were considered closely related, but in recent years the print media has suggested this implies th...

Originalism and Non-Originalism

be" this "promotes serious public debate about government and its limitations" (Theories of Constitutional Interpretation, 2008). ...

America’s Founding Fathers, the First Amendment of the Constitution, and the ‘Separation of Church and State’

increasingly marginalized from public and private spheres. Once upon a time, prayer was permitted in public schools, and no one t...

Is Health Care A Right Or Privilege

pain, our pursuit of happiness is certainly limited. In effect, we are deprived of the most fundamental of all fundamental rights ...

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...

The Right to Bear Arms

The U.S. Constitution has an amendment that addresses this issue. Numerous Supreme Court cases have been filed regarding the Secon...

French Revolution, Civil Constitution of the Clergy

This essay pertains to original source documents from the period that are used to discuss the debate surrounding the Civil Constit...

US Constitution and its Widespread Influence

In six pages this paper discusses how the US Constitution has influenced American life, meaning, and political theory. Seven sour...

4th Amendment's Search and Seizure and the Article 'When An Officer Doesn't Have to Follow Procedure'

A critique of this article as it pertains to the practices of search and seizure as described in the 4th Amendment of the US Const...

Colombia and Justice

In six pages this paper examines the concept of justice with regard to Colombia in a consideration of its constitution, judicial s...

4th Amendment and Advances in Technology

In 6 pages this paper discusses the impact of technological advancements on the privacy issues detailed by the 4th Amendment of th...

Did the Founding Fathers Really Intend for a Total Separation between Church and State?

The writer presents a comprehensive discussion on whether or not the founding Fathers intended for there to be separation of churc...

BILL OF RIGHTS, JUSTICE AND SECURITY

in his or her favor (Sixth Amendment, 2012). Finally we have the Fourteenth Amendment. Though not part of the original Bill of Rig...

Federalist and Antifederalist

accessible through the Library of Congress, identifies these documents as eighty-five essays that were published between 1787 and ...

Lincoln on Government

Presidency of the United States of America on March 4, 1861, seven southern slave states had already succeeded from the Union form...

The Seventeenth Amendment and Insuring the Peaceful Transition of Presidents

1. Prior to the 17th Amendment positions in the US Senate were elected by state legislature. The thought at...

The Constitution and Bill of Rights

United States. The federal courts are responsible for addressing offenses against the country, including issues of treason. Ou...

Progressivism and the Arizona State Constitution

Part I Arizona Statehood Prior to the onslaught of people of European origin into Arizona, the region...

Drafting the Constitution

the Articles, the US was not a nation, but as the state were referred to vaguely as being united by "a firm league of friendship" ...

Rights under the 6th Amendment

In a paper of five pages, the author provides the seven different rights under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, including ...

A Comparison of Two Documents

law, except when they have been judged as criminals. The Magna Carta specifically maintains that no one should be imprisoned or l...

James Madison Human Nature and Political Factions

Our founding fathers conception of human nature varied somewhat. Some believed that humans were inherently...