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- 331: Our Living Shield: The First Amendment
- Our Living Shield: The First Amendment The authors of the Constitution of the United States created a magnificent list of liberties which were, at the time ascribed, to most people belonging to the United States. The main author, James Madison, transported the previous ideas of f ... press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government..." The First Amendment was drafted by federalist Madison mainly as a political tactic to abolish anti-federalist resistance to the Constitution. After its passage in December of 1791, the First Amendment remained more idealistic than realistic. The First Amendment remained a set of ideals which were not to be carried out during its first century, then ... arrested for violation of the Flag Protection Act of 1989. The Court then ruled the Flag Protection Act of 1989 unconstitutional. These instances clearly portray the rebounding of libertarian beliefs. The First Amendment of the Constitution started off as a set of beliefs meant to supply reason for one being patriotic rather than supply those inalienable rights discussed in the Declaration of Independence. It then developed into a powerfu l ...
- 332: The Context of The Second Amendment
- The Context of The Second Amendment The interpretation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America has been a topic of controversy since its acceptance over two-hundred years ago. This controversy stems from the fact that the amendment was written for reasons for the ... not happened. The problem is that firearms have been a part of this nation from the beginning. In fact Congress at that time did not even feel it necessary to put an Amendment in the Constitution because having a fire arm was as common as riding a horse. “[T]his right had not been questioned, for it was viewed as a traditional privilege lying outside the Constitution...”(Hook, 30). Having a firearm at that time was so common that they did not even think about having to legalize it. Today, is a different story. With more and more regulations on firearms ...
- 333: The Communications Decency Act
- ... later, the number has jumped to 1,313,000 systems connecting directly to the Internet." (Cavazos 10) "Privacy plays a unique role in American law." (Cavazos 13) Privacy is not explicitly provided for in the Constitution, yet most of the Internet users remain anonymous. Cavazos says, "Computers and digital communication technologies present a serious challenge to legislators and judges who try to meet the demands of economic and social change while ... and other law violations a new system must be devised to monitor the Internet that does not violate the right to privacy and does not prevent adults from having a right to free speech. The Constitution reads, "Amendment 1. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people ... about something he didn't know about before. For us to take liability away from the end-user we must lay the liability on either the providers or on the system operators. Cavazos says, "the Constitution only provides this protection where the government is infringing on your rights." (1994). When the providers and system operators censor the users it is called editorial discretion. When the Government does it, it is ...
- 334: Should the President Be Impeached?
- ... congress to remove the president out of office. In this particular case if Bill Clinton is convicted, he is thrown out of office, and Vice President Al Gore replaces him as President. The U.S. constitution explains impeachment as the removal from office for , and conviction of treason , or bribery , or other high crimes and misdemeanors (Gerberg ,28 ). Impeachment protects the citizens of the nations from a chief executive that is ... each other sex organs. Clinton made a mistake and should face the consequences, on the other hand impeachment and conviction seems improbable. In order for a president to be impeached the impeachment terms of the constitution must occur. It states that a president can only be impeached if he commits treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors . If the president is found guilty of perjury, which is a crime, but ... Drew, Elizabeth. Washington journal , The events of 1973-1974. New York: Random House, 1975 . 2) Sexton, John, Nat Braudt. How free are we ? New York: M. Evans and com. 1986. 3) Gerberg, Mort. U.S constitution for everyone. New York: Periger books, 1987 4) Castel, Albert. The Presidency of Andrew Johnson . U.S : The regent press of Kansas, 1979 5) The Clinton, Lewinsky scandal. Washington D.C 24 Nov.1998 ...
- 335: Slavery - Events That Effected Slavery
- ... scared many plantation owners. The most violent though were organized riots. Slavery causes problems Slavery also caused problems where states were concerned. When Missouri sought admission to the Union in 1819, it proposed a state constitution which would protect slavery. At that time there were exactly as many slave states as well as free states in the Union. The house of representatives was dominated by the North and the Southerners stood ... plan, 10% of those who voted in the election of 1860 had to take an oath proclaiming their loyalty to the United States. Confederate states could then form a new government and use a new constitution. In this proclamation, slavery was also banned, but it did not say that blacks had the right to vote or to any other rights. Another plan the Radicals passed in July 1864, was the Wade ... Bill. This bill was a stricter version of Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty. In this bill a majority (51%) had to take an oath to the United States and take part in drafting a new Constitution. Only then could that state be remitted to the Union. The bill demanded that Confederates swear past and present loyalty. The Wade-Davis bill also required the new state constitutions to outlaw slavery and ...
- 336: The Bill of Rights
- The Bill of Rights Bill of Rights The first ten amendments to the US constitution are called the Bill of Rights because they provide basic legal protection for individual rights. The terms also applied to the English Bill of Rights of 1689 and the Canadian Bill of Rights 1960, and ... Bill of Rights because it was an American equivalent of the English Bill of Rights. Two years later came the Virginia declaration of rights, which contained the first guarantees for individual right single gully enforceable constitution. The distinctive feature of the provision in American Bill of Rights is that they are enforced by the courts. From the time they first settled in Virgin and Massachusetts, the American colonist relied upon the ... rights. Seven of the thirteen states adopted constitutions that included specific bills of rights. The first state bill of rights was the Virginia Declaration of Rights, adopted as part of the state b's first constitution on June 12,1776. Virginia's declaration, drafted mainly by George Manson, served as the model both for similar state documents and for the US Bill of Rights. It provided guarantees for most of ...
- 337: A Gold Rush Leads To War
- ... impossible. It granted popular sovereignty to both states, in the hopes that they would split on the slavery issue and continue the shaky equality between slave and free states. Nebraska quickly adopted an free-soil constitution and was admitted as a free state. Kansas, however, was badly split along sectional lines, and opposing political forces ratified both a free and a slave constitution in 1855. Riots broke out everywhere, and "Bleeding Kansas" fell into chaos. John Brown, an infamous and rebellious abolitionist, killed five pro-slavery activists in 1856 in retaliation for the murder of five abolitionists. This ... Lincoln, an opponent of Douglas's in the Illinois senate race. The Constitutional Union Party, consisting largely of displaced and elderly Whigs, tried to downplay sectionalism, and spoke only of preserving the Union and the Constitution. They nominated John Bell. The race became a two-man battle between Lincoln and Breckinridge. Lincoln won a majority of electoral votes (180 of 303) but only gained 39% of the popular vote. Lincoln ...
- 338: The Watergate Scandal
- ... people who supported the civil rights, anti-war, and environmental movements of the 1960s. McGovern had fought to make the nomination process more open and democratic. Congress had also passed the 26th amendment to the Constitution allowing eighteen-year-Olds to vote. As a result, the 1972 Democratic Convention was the first to include large numbers of woman, minorities, and young people among the delegates. McGovern's campaign ran into trouble ... uncover very important secrets. Nixon would not appear at the congressional committee, complaining that if he were to testify it would violate the separation of powers. Even thought that idea doesn't appear in the constitution at all. It was a developing tradition to protect the president. This made people feel that Nixon was abusing executive privileges just to cover-up his crimes. When Nixon had no possible way of protecting ... Committee voted to bring impeachment charges in July against Nixon. The first one said that the president knowingly covered-up the crimes of Watergate. The second said that he used Government Agencies to violate the Constitution of the U.S.. The third asserted that he would be impeached because of the withholding of evidence from Congress. Shortly after the house committee voted to impeach the President, the case want to ...
- 339: Pierre Elliot Trudeau's Federalism and the French Canadians
- ... came to the startling realization that Provincial autonomy would not solidify Quebec's future in the country (he believed that separatism would soon follow) and unless Duplessis could successfully negotiate (on the issue of a constitution) with the rest of Canada, the prospect of self-sovereignty for Quebec would transpire. His first essay (Quebec and the Constitutional Problem) explores the trials and tribulations which occurred between the Provincial and Federal governments ... Trudeau relied on his central thesis for the book and used it to prove his application of constitutional reform using the Federal government as the catalyst. Trudeau had already formulated his visions of the perfect constitution and how it would include "A Bill of Rights that would guarantee the fundamental freedoms of the citizen from intolerance, whether federal or provincial". Each and every one of his proposals demonstrated innovative thought and ... the position in which he views the Provincial government under Duplessis (weak, subordinate, naive) and this perhaps taints most of his bi-partisan observations towards how the Federal government would treat Francophones under a unilateral constitution. Otherwise, each and every proposition presented to the reader is heavily supported and reinforced by the central theme in the book which, in effect, could be viewed as a strength; he supports the majority ...
- 340: Our Living Shield: The First Amendment
- Our Living Shield: The First Amendment The authors of the Constitution of the United States created a magnificent list of liberties which were, at the time ascribed, to most people belonging to the United States. The main author, James Madison, transported the previous ideas of f ... press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government..." The First Amendment was drafted by federalist Madison mainly as a political tactic to abolish anti-federalist resistance to the Constitution. After its passage in December of 1791, the First Amendment remained more idealistic than realistic. The First Amendment remained a set of ideals which were not to be carried out during its first century, then ... arrested for violation of the Flag Protection Act of 1989. The Court then ruled the Flag Protection Act of 1989 unconstitutional. These instances clearly portray the rebounding of libertarian beliefs. The First Amendment of the Constitution started off as a set of beliefs meant to supply reason for one being patriotic rather than supply those inalienable rights discussed in the Declaration of Independence. It then developed into a powerfu l ...
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