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- 71: Analysis Of The French Revolut
- ... among them. Some wanted to protect their rights, while others wanted to establish a limited, constitutional monarchy. This sparked some change in the French people. Immediately after the National Assembly secretly began working on a constitution, the peasants and workers expected relief from taxes and other dues that they paid. Little happened, and they still faced their same problems of unemployment and inflation. Then there were reports that Louis XVI was ... the end of August, the National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man. It stated that democratic principles would be the basis for French government. The job of turning these ideas into a constitution still remained. While the constitution was in the process of being made, an angry crowd in Paris rioted, forcing the National Assembly to recognize their demands. Some of these rioters were women. They were angry about food prices. They ...
- 72: Articles Of Confederation
- Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States of America. The Articles of Confederation were first drafted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1777. This first draft was prepared by a man named John Dickinson in 1776 ... Congress to execute its constitutional duties. These were analyzed in numbers 15-22 of The FEDERALIST, the political essays in which Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay argued the case for the U.S. CONSTITUTION of 1787. The first weakness was that Congress could legislate only for states, not for individuals; because of this it could not enforce legislation. Second, Congress had no power to tax. Instead, it was to ... interstate commerce--but there was a larger topic at question, specifically, the weakness of the Articles of Confederation. Alexander Hamilton successfully proposed that the states be invited to send delegates to Philadelphia to render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union." As a result, the Constitutional Convention was held in May 1787. The Constitutional Convention, which wrote the Constitution of the United States, was ...
- 73: ... facts and information, and given no time to ask questions. In the world of Fahrenheit 451 the books are banned. Figures of We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other
(pg 65) Books present readers with conflicting views, thus causing confusion: We stand against the small tide of those who want to make ...
- 74: Gun Control
- ... court ruled that laws could be passed regarding gun control. The court said The right theyre specified is that of 'bearing arms for a lawful purpose.' This is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. The second amendment declares that it shall not be infringed; but this, as has been seen, means no more than that it ... called, in The City of New York v. Miln, 11 Pet. 139, the 'powers which relate to merely municipal legislation, or what was, perhaps, more properly called internal police,' 'not surrendered or restrained' by the Constitution of the United States (FindLaw). This case laid the groundwork for future gun control legislation. The court again ruled that it could limit the right to bear arms in Cases v. United States, 131 F ... been armed, possibly they could have defended themselves. In America our rights are guaranteed because the government knows that the people have the ability to revolt. The founders intended for this, noting that if the constitution was no longer viable; it should be ripped up and redone. If Americans no longer had the right to bear arms, we would truly be the governed and not the governing. Noah Webster said, ...
- 75: Liberia
- ... is owned and operated by a foreign iron-ore mining company. A telephone and radio communication system, one of the first in Africa was introduced in Liberia in the early 1900s. GOVERNMENT Liberia had a constitution written on July 26, 1847. It was written like the constitution of the United States. The Country was lead by a elected president, a vice president, and a cabinet. It had a Senate and House of Representatives as the chief legislative bodies. The constitution, at first, only applied to Americo-Liberians and not to the African Tribes. William Tubman, who was president from 1944-1971, made a serious effort to encourage participation of the tribes in the political ...
- 76: Compare and contrast the United States Bill of Rights and the Texas Bill of Rights
- ... and the Texas Bill of Rights Our founding fathers thought it best for the United States that they create a country based on freedom and rights, than being ruled in absolute tyranny. In result the Constitution was written. When writing this document many issues were raised in thought of the future of our country in terms of powers and rights. They made the document flexible so that future generations could amend it to the times. The first of these amendments were not but a few years afterwards. These first ten amendments were called the Bill of Rights. In the State of Texas its constitution also has an article entitled The Bill of Rights. But even thought the amendments and ideas work toward the same goals, they are also differing from one another. The founding fathers of this country and the people who wrote the state constitution were a lot alike in their way of thinking. They both wanted to be recognized as an individual body of government. Both, the founders of the constitution and the writers of the state constitution ...
- 77: Assisted Suicide
- ... twenty years a big issue has been made over a person1s right to commit suicide or not. The American courts have had to deal with everything from assisted suicides to planned suicides, and whether the constitution gives the American people the right to take their own lives or whether it says they have the power to allow someone else to take their lives. They have had to determine in some cases ... own life and decipher the differences between a rational suicide and an irrational suicide. Secondly we will look at ways assistance has played in the area of suicide. Next, we'll look at what the constitution says and see if any of the states have allowed suicide. Finally, we'll study some of the cases that have been brought before the American courts. Suicide has become a big part of American ... s body. The big question in America is whether or not you have the constitutional, or moral, right to commit suicide. There have been very strong arguments for both cases. Joel Feinberg argues that the constitution does not give us that right simply because of Thomas Jefferson's famous words "that all men are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life..." He says "How could a person ...
- 78: Aristotle On Excellence In Lea
- ... one citizen should be king."(1288a15-20) The key to Aristotle's quote is hidden in his definition of excellence. In Aristotle's context excellence refers to the excellence of a citizen "relative to the constitution of which he is a member." (III: 4, 30-32) A state is defined by its constitution. The salvation of the state's constitution is the common interest of every citizen of that state. A citizen's excellence therefore is measured by his ability to work towards the salvation of the constitution. With an understanding of Aristotle's ...
- 79: The Use of The Second Amendment In The Home
- The Use of The Second Amendment In The Home The United States Constitution says that U.S. Citizens have the right to bear arms. Even though this guarantee was written with no constraints, there are now laws that limit certain aspects of gun ownership. The reasons for gun ... private ownership of firearms should be banned, these arguments are outweighed not only by the need for protection, but because the limitation of ownership rights could become dangerous to personal freedom. When the U.S. Constitution was written, some delegates thought Militia was military forces because the Federal Government had its own army to protect the people. The second amendment was made in response to the fear of being helpless before ... decisions of a leader 'backed by a standing army' would be different from those made by a leader 'awed by the fear of an armed people'" (The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 28). Elbridge Gerry, a delagate to the Constitutional convention from Massachusetts, was an activist for the right of the Militia to bear arms. When asked what use a Militia has, he responded: "What sir, ...
- 80: The Federalists vs. The Anti-Federalists
- ... lot of thinking and it was decided that a document needed to be created to strengthen the central government and at the same time ensuring the safety of the states. So came to be the constitution. The constitution brought about a division between the American people. These two groups were the federalists, who believed that the constitution was good, and the anti-federalists who thought that the constitution would not be able to protect the rights of the people. These two groups had conflicting views but together, they both wanted the ...
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