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- 161: English Only
- ... official language because it is unfair to individuals who are not fluent in English. Also, they create false stereotypes of immigrants and non-English speakers. They conclude that it violates the diversity embodied in our Constitution, creating restrictions and limits instead of protecting individual rights, and it does not help the integration of language minority citizens into the American mainstream. I personally support keeping the U.S. as a multilingual nation ... century, state laws, constitutions, and legislative proceedings appeared in languages as diverse as Welsh, Czech, Norwegian, Spanish, French, and of course, German. At other times, Americans have imposed restrictive language policies. California rewrote its state constitution in 1879 to eliminate Spanish language rights. In 1897, Pennsylvania made English proficiency a condition of employment in its coal fields, a none-too-subtle way to exclude Italians and Slavs. Security fears during the ... the opposing hand, organizations oppose official English because they feel it is a violation of individual s rights. They believe that such laws are contrary to the spirit of tolerance and diversity embodied in our Constitution. An English Language Amendment to the Constitution would transform that document from being a charter of liberties and individual freedom into a charter of restrictions that limits, rather than protects, individual rights (ACLU). There ...
- 162: Alexander Hamilton
- ... Hamilton then urged the rest of the convention to sign the document because many of them had began to abandon the idea. Hamilton said that with the backing of Washington and “men of property” the constitution had great potential. He believed that with out it there would be a civil war. When Hamilton signed the constitution he was the only name next New York. That was a sign of trouble to come for Hamilton. By the time that Hamilton had gotten back to New York there had already been an anti-constitution movement well in progress. The papers were covered with stories on how the constitution would not work. This troubled Hamilton because he felt that even if every other state accepted it and New York ...
- 163: Causes Of The Civil War
- ... were many reasons why the South wanted to succeed but the main reason had to do with the North’s view on slavery. All of this was basically a different interpretation of the United States Constitution on both sides. In the end all of these disagreements on both sides led to the Civil War, in which the North won. There were a few reasons other then the slavery issue, that the South disagreed on and that persuaded them to succeed from the Union. Basically 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 powers to the individual states. The North also wanted internal improvements sponsored by the federal government. This was more ... to get their point across. Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he couldn’t support the United States Constitution, James G. Birney of Ohio who gathered all anti-slavery forces into one unit called the Liberty Party and Frederick Douglass, who was an escaped slave who became a black editor. The last main ...
- 164: The Constituion
- The Constituion A case for the connection of America’s colonial and revolutionary religious and political experiences to the basic principles of the Constitution can be readily made. One point in favor of this conclusion is the fact that most Americans at that time had little beside their experiences on which to base their political ideas. This is due ... common Americans at that time. Other points also concur with the main idea and make the theory of the connection plausible. Much evidence to support this claim can be found in the wording of the Constitution itself. Even the Preamble has an important idea that arose from the Revolutionary period. The first line of the Preamble states, "We the People of the United States..." This implies that the new government that ... officials in charge of selling the hated stamps. Events like these served to strengthen the tradition of self-government that had become so deeply embedded in American society. The from of government specified by the Constitution seems to be a continuation of this tradition. First, the Constitution specifies a federal system of government, which gives each individual state the right to a government. Second, it specifies that each state shall ...
- 165: Causes Of The American Civil W
- ... Company, came as well, angering southerners because the northern Nebrascals, allegedly by foul means, were now apparently trying to abolitionize both Kansas and Nebraska. (Bailey, 421). In 1857, the slavery supporters drew up the Lecompton Constitution, supported by President James Buchanan, not for the people of Kansas to vote for, but to accept and vote on whether it should allow slavery or abolish it. If the latter was voted for, slave-owners already in Kansas would be permitted to keep their slaves. Fortunately, Senator Douglas intervened, and the people thus voted on the entire constitution. But the most important outcome of the whole affair was that Buchanan had opposed the northern and southern Democrats. Until then, the Democrats had been the one remaining national party, since the Whigs had disintegrated and the Republican party was sectional. After the Lecompton Constitution incident, the Democratic party was shattered. On all but one issue, antebellum southerners stood for states rights and a weak federal government. The exception was the fugitive slave law of 1850, which gave the ...
- 166: Actions and Behavior of the President
- Actions and Behavior of the President The broad language of the second article of the Constitution left many questions about the power and authority of the President and the Executive branch of the Federal Government. Since George Washington, each Chief Executive has come to the position with different beliefs on the ... have believed, to varying degrees, that either the president has a strong leadership position and broad powers to direct the nation in one direction, or that the president has very limited powers dictated by the Constitution and should act like a chief administrator for the Federal Government. These beliefs were reflected in their behavior while in the White House. Franklin Roosevelt believed that the Federal Government had an obligation and interest ... Supreme Court to find his programs constitutional (Lowi and Ginsberg 230.) In contrast to this belief in broad presidential authority by Franklin Roosevelt was Howard Taft. Taft believed that Presidential authority was very limited the constitution and had to be specifically granted to the President by Congress or the Constitution (Lowi and Ginsberg 220.) Another example of a passive approach to the presidency to is George Washington. While he is ...
- 167: To Have Intellectual Freedom Or To Be Censored
- ... order to become one of the full members of the democratic countries. Also because the opinions of the majority show that people are against the idea of censorship, some of the laws of the Turkish Constitution should be changed in order to make people benefit from their basic democratic rights. But like in every field, there are some people and groups that support censorship not intellectual freedom. They give their reasons ... without intellectual freedom people’s hopes for better future can not exist. Intellectual freedom is the guarantee that people want and need to have forever. V. PRO INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM, CON CENSORSHIP Together with the Turkish constitution of 1982, “Herkesin düţünce ve inanç özgürlüđüne sahip olduđu; ve bunlarý söz, yazý, resim ve baţka yollarla açýklayýp yayabileceđi” (Özgen 1994 20) is accepted by the judicial authorities. (Everybody has intellectual and religious freedoms; and he can express and distribute them by speech, writing, pictures, and other ways.) When we look at this point we can say that our constitution supports intellectual freedom and it does not support the censorship, but when it comes to practice everything changes. There are many examples that show the difference between theory and practice. The article in the ...
- 168: The First Amendment: Free of Expression
- The First Amendment: Free of Expression In 1787 our forefathers ratified the constitution of the United States of America, which contains the most important document to any American citizen, the Bill of Rights. The first amendment of the Bill of Rights states: Congress shall make no law respecting ... criticizing the school administration, soon after he ran for student government and was taken off the ballot for his critique. Unfortunately he did not fight it in court. The principal sharply taught the student, "The constitution of this school takes precedence over the United States Constitution. The freedom of expression in school is marred by society but not completely dissolved by the administration. The 1969 supreme court ruling Tinker v. Des Moins Community Schools defined a student's freedom of ...
- 169: Causes of the American Civil War
- ... were many reasons why the South wanted to succeed but the main reason had to do with the North’s view on slavery. All of this was basically a different interpretation of the United States Constitution on both sides. In the end all of these disagreements on both sides led to the Civil War, in which the North won. There were a few reasons other then the slavery issue, that the South disagreed on and that persuaded them to succeed from the Union. Basically 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 powers to the individual states. The North also wanted internal improvements sponsored by the federal government. This was more ... to get their point across. Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he couldn’t support the United States Constitution, James G. Birney of Ohio who gathered all anti-slavery forces into one unit called the Liberty Party and Frederick Douglass, who was an escaped slave who became a black editor. The last main ...
- 170: Sausages And Eqaulity
- ... take equality for its literal translation, then it justifiably means that everything and everyone shares this sense of balance and equality. Given this literal meaning, the term equality has no room for interpretation. Therefore, the Constitution, the "machinery" of equality, produces nothing but and promises nothing but equality. On the second level, the term equality leaves room for interpretation - that each person can take away from the Constitution their own understanding. If this is true then, the term equality is not finite. There is a chance, then, that what the Constitution promises may not necessarily be equality at all. Lastly, we can relate the term equality by coming to an understanding of what limits and boundaries define equality, so that we can challenge what is ...
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