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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 were set in the same frame of mind when they wrote the constitution. The United States was in the aftermath of breaking apart from England and Texas was hurt from the break up of the confederation. Their mind set was the same, in that they wanted to be different. But in a sense they wanted the best for the people.
When the founders of the constitution and the writers of the state constitution wrote this document, there were a lot of similarities. Since the idea and ...
The American juvenile justice system was designed over 100 years ago to reform kids who were found guilty of minor crimes such as petty theft and truancy. It is a network of agencies that deal with juveniles whose conduct has come in conflict with the law. The system acts as a shield for juveniles who perform adult criminal acts or status offences-...
For years now, China has been making an effort to update its nuclear arsenal to be at the level of other countries that are known world super powers. To do this, China has been buying both weapons and information, as well as spying to gain technology. The reason China is trying to bulk up on nuclear weapons is supposedly because, in the past, it...
In order to gain the support of the public, countries use propaganda. During the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein and George Bush used propaganda to gain the support of their respective public. Propaganda was everywhere. It was on the radio and television and it brought the war into millions of homes. Propaganda was a vital part of the Gulf War because...
What is a leader? A word that is very hard to define. Will's definition of a leader is a person who shares a common goal with his followers. A person that has followers and can lead those followers. The three people I chose to critique all have something in common. Harriet Tubman a great radical leader shares something in common with Franklin Roose...
Briefly, democracy is a matter of degree and quality. Confusion often arises in discussion about democracy. This stems from the different premises people have in mind when they use the term. In my opinion, most people fail to specify their underlying premises, and we often incorporate into our sense of democracy disparate factors that may or may...
had two strong candidates, President Richard Nixon and George McGovern. There were many issues which had a great deal of importance to the election. The Vietnam war and the stability of the economy at the time were two main factors. The election ended in one the largest political scandals in U.S. history, being the Watergate break-in, and cover-...
Never before has the executive branch been faced with such scrutiny, abuse, and pressure. Historically, a stronger president renders a weaker legislature.Household names like Washington, Lincoln, and FDR had no problem exercising exclusive control of their respective America. Today, President Clinton has been successful in an economic sense howe...
The U.S. debt is over $13 trillion, and does the Federal Government owe the sum of all outstanding debt. Nearly two-thirds is the public debt, which is owed to the people, businesses and foreign governments who bought Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds. The U.S. debt is the largest in the world. Federal Budget Deficit Government debt is an accumulatio...
as defined by the Meriam Webster's Dictionary is an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups or women. In 1961 John F.Kennedy issued an executive order calling for Affirmative Action as a means to promote equal opportunity for racial minorities, in hiring by federal contractors. This was th...
Special interest groups have dominated government since the advent of America's political system. Special interest groups or lobbies are collections of individuals who join together to pursue common interests and to influence the decisions on public policies. Many people view special interest groups as an integral part of the political process, l...
A Michigan college student posts sadistic fantasy about a classmate to an Internet newsgroup and is charged with the threat to injure. A postal inspector in Memphis, Tennessee downloads a pornographic image off the Internet and the California couple who posted it is arrested for violating Tennessee's obscenity laws. A programmer's encryption soft...
In the early quarter of the twentieth century, a young man was beginning to fill his mind with ideas of a unification of all Germanic countries. That young man was Adolf Hitler, and what he learned in his youth would surface again as he struggled to become the leader of this movement. Hitler formed views of countries and even certain cities early...
Haley Varvel Mrs. Poteet AP English Language America is known for its diverse population and the acceptance of immigrants, so why have people stopped liking immigrants, and why are people so against immigration? Most people believe immigrants have no rights when coming to the United States, but they are wrong. The immigrants have the same righ...
My representation is the defense of Des Moines, Iowa. 1. On a cold, brisk December morning in 1965 five students, and their parents of Des Moines high school made an extremely poor decision by wearing dark, filthy black, inappropriate material representing non- existent peace in a thriving nation. Earlier that week the principal of the high school...
