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- 381: The Effectiveness of Eisenhower's First Term: 1953-1956
- ... which would deprive the people of Constitutional rights or would invade the domain of power reserved for the states."24 The reasons for the amendment were varied. Executive agreements such as in Yalta, threatened the Constitution and American sovereignty. Another reason was that of the United Nations. Many people felt that the United States involvement in the organization would eventually lead to international agreements that would infringe or deny the American ... to continue to work together towards a solution. The solution was announced on July 22 by Senator Knowland. The principle of this new amendment was that any executive agreement or treaty that infringed on the Constitution would be void. It went further by stating that a treaty could only be ratified by a recorded vote. Finally a compromise had been reached that was greatly supported by both the Senate and the ... affairs was more important. The debates raged on. On February 26, it came down to the final vote. There were sixty votes for the amendment (sixty-one is the two thirds needed to amend the Constitution) and thirty against. The final vote that killed the Bricker amendment was cast by the Vice President. The total, sixty for and thirty-one against. Eisenhower made frequent use of prime time speeches to ...
- 382: French Revolution
- ... to draw up a new consitution for France. The king closed down the hall, but the members went to a nearyby tennis court and there took an oath (June 20) not to disband until a constitution was written. The pressure of public opinion was so much in their favor that Louis XVI was forced to reconize them, as he did by the end of the month. Bad crops and famine conditions ... privileges with compensation to owners. A few years later the compensation was also abolished. On August 27 a Declaration of the Rights of Man, similar to the American Bill of Rights, was issued. The new constitution was completed by July, 1790, and the king accepted it. But Louis XVI's behavior was never consistent. In July, 1791, he tried to flee the country in order to reconquer it with the aid of Austrain and Prussian armies. He was caught, however, and popular feeling ran against him. He now accepted a revised constitution, in September, 1791, and the assembly dissolved. A legislative assemble was elected, and it met from October, 1791, to September, 1792. The legislative assembly was dominated by the Girondists, who wished to set up ...
- 383: The Civil War
- ... the radical Republican reconstruction plan called for an official renunciation of secession, before states could be readmitted to the Union. If secession from the Union was now illegal, then Daniel Webster's theory of the Constitution being a people's government, and not a compact of states had to be true. "The Constitution . . . [begins] with the words 'We the people,' and it was the people, not the states, who . . . created it," Webster claimed in his nationalist theory of the Constitution. The Union became more united than ever before, because now it truly was a Union, ". . . now and forever, one and inseparable." There were changes, though, that were occurring in the reconstruction time period that ...
- 384: Communications Decency Act: Regulation In Cyberspace
- ... Amendment states, “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....” The Act takes away this right. The Constitution- defying traitors creating these useless laws do not they understand the medium they're trying to control. What they “claim” is that they are trying to protect our children from moral threatening content. This “protect ... their fingertips. The ability for anyone to send pictures and words cheaply and quickly to potentially millions of others seems to terrify the government and control freaks. Thus, the Communications Decency Act destroys our own constitution rights and insults the dreams of Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Mill, Brandeis, and DeToqueville. It's funny, now that we finally have a medium that truly allows us to exercise our First Amendment right, the government ...
- 385: Apartheid in South Africa
- ... return Real change began slowlt when a new Prime Minister, P. W. Botha, was picked in 1978 to try to preserve white power, by 'modernizing' apart-heid, easing some laws, with a new South African Constitution in 1984. When that proved to be too little, too late, Botha held a historic meeting with African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela (who was still imprisoned until 1990). Botha was forced out of office ... civil rights abuse of non-white South Africans. They organized the 1994 all-race election of a new government under Man-dela. de Klerk was a member of the new government, helped write a new Constitution in 1996, and then resigned to lead the official Opposition. In a 1960s report, the UN said South Africa "uprooted thousands of families from their homes, and expelled thousands of Africans to distant reserves. It ...
- 386: William Penn And The Quakers
- ... The New Colony In April 1681, Penn made his cousin William Markham deputy governor of the province and sent him to take control. In England, Penn drew up the First Frame of Government, his proposed constitution for Pennsylvania. Penn's preface to First Frame of Government has become famous as a summation of his governmental ideals. Later, in 0ctober 1682, the Proprietor arrived in Pennsylvania on the ship Welcome. He visited ... in 1696 Markham's Frame of Government granted some of these. In December 1699, the Proprietor again visited Pennsylvania and, just before his return to England in 1701, agreed with the Assembly on a revised constitution, the Charter of Privileges, which remained in effect until 1776. This gave the Assembly full legislative powers and permitted the three Delaware counties to have a separate legislature. Deputy or lieutenant governors (addressed as "governor ...
- 387: Andrew Jacksons Presidency And
- ... he supported the common man and nationalism.1 Jackson proved this belief through particular times in his presidency. He firmly believed that the Government should be restricted and become the simple machine in which the constitution created .1 He had a strong yet stubborn personality and for the most part began his presidential career as a well liked man. However, some Jackson supporters were not fully aware of his views and ... to designate specific lands for natives, and in1834 Congress formally approved this choice. The new territory consisted of specific boundaries that restricted the Indians free will. The Cherokee Indians of northwestern Georgia created their own constitution that attempted to save their tribe. Within the document the Cherokees where said to be sovereign and not subject to Georgia law. This was a peaceful attempt to protect against removal.8 The Cherokees sought ...
- 388: Abortion - Right To Choose
- ... her body, and it should not be altered or influenced by anyone else. This right is guaranteed by the ninth amendment, which contains the right to privacy. The ninth amendment states: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." This right guarantees the right to women, if they so choose, to have an abortion, up to the end ... they start to judge others. The bottom line is no matter what anyone thinks the laws speak for themselves. It is a woman's right to privacy to control her reproductive system guaranteed by the constitution. Although there are some restrictions on abortion, due to the states' rights, it is still ultimately the woman's choice. It is not a requirement for some states to fund for abortions, therefore, especially in ...
- 389: Legality Of Abortion
- ... are given the right to receive an abortion (82 Tribe). The amendment states that, "No person or state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law" (475 US Constitution). This states that the woman cannot be denied an abortion because it would violate her life and property. The state cannot interfere with the private lives of US citizens (475 US Constitution). Denying women the right to choose an abortion, is denying rights and is discriminating against women. There are many reasons for which women desire to have an abortion. Contraceptives sometimes fail. Women are periodically raped ...
- 390: Finland
- ... needs. Grain production varies considerably; in general, bread grain (mainly wheat) is imported and fodder grain exported. The climate restricts grain farming to the southern and western regions of the country." Finland adopted a republican constitution in 1919; it has been amended several times, specially in the mid-1990s. Legislative power in Finland rests in the unicameral Parliament called Eduskunta, which consists of 200 members elected for four-year terms, and ... is shared by the president and the Council of State, or cabinet, at the meetings of which the president takes the chair. The president appoints the prime minister and the cabinet. "A clause in the constitution specifically stresses that government ministers are responsible to Parliament." "Suffrage is universal for those over age 18, and every citizen is regarded as eligible for election to any office. Presidential elections are indirect: the general ...
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