The four foundations of correctional law are constitutions, statues, case law, and regulations. The constitution are the fundamental law in a state or federal document that discusses basic rights for individuals. The Bill of rights provide protection against government action that violates basic rights and liberties, however inmates have a restriction to these rights three inparticular are institutional order, institutional security, rehabilitation of inmates. Statues are laws created by the people’s elected representatives in legislatures. State legislators can grant specific rights to inmates beyond those conferred by the state or U.S. constitutions.…
The U.S. Constitution set up America's national government and basic laws, and ensured certain fundamental rights for its natives. The Constitution was composed on September 17, 1787 by memebers from the Constitutional Convention in Philidelphia with George Washington as the pioneer. The main Constitution was endorsed in 1781 by the Articles of Confederation, when every one of the states were administrating like separate nations. The Articles of Confederation gave Congress the ability to administer outside issues, lead war and control cash be that as it may, in all actuality these forces were firmly constrained in light of the fact that Congress had no locale to authorize its solicitations to the states for cash or troops. Later on it turned…
In the summer of 1787, twelve out of the original thirteen states of the United States of America gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for what was known as the Constitutional Convention. It was previously twelve years ago in 1777 when the Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire gained independence and formed what is known as the United States of America. The founders of the Articles of Confederation, the United States’ first attempt at a government, was recognized as being too weak and unable to maintain order. As a result, fifty-six state delegates, including James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams among them, assembled at the Convention. Their intentions were to fix the Articles of Confederation and create a stronger federal authority…
It has long been taught that the first constitution and idea of a representative government first came into existence with the creation of the United States’ constitution. However, six hundred years prior to that creation, a group of native tribes came together and forged the America’s true first constitution. Through this creation, a powerful nation, known as the Haudenosaunee, or known as to Europeans the Iroquois Nation, became an important part in the shaping of the Americas. The creation of this constitution would serve as a model for the need and creation of the United States’ own constitution. This will be shown by examining the why it was created, the principles held within it and its influence on the creation of United States Constitution.…
One of the most commonly known amendments are those that are considered part of the Bill of Rights. However, one of the most important amendment that every citizen should know is the Fourth Amendment. This Amendment is broken in three parts that imply that people should have the right to be secure in and of their property, no warrants should be issued without any unreasonable cause and that if there is a warrant, then they should specify the place and people of search. Many citizens do not completely understand this amendment to the extent to exercise this right.…
Civil laws are laws that are set in place to help protect people rights when it comes down to person to person. One example might be landlord, tenant situation where the tenant is failing to pay rent which was agreed upon, and an agreement was signed. This is where civil law would step in and assist the landlord. As described in our book, Criminal law is dealing with wrong doings against society. These laws are put in place and have consequences.…
Federalist 47 argues that “the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands,” is a form of tyranny. The Foundering Fathers, especially the authors of the Federalist Papers were concerned with the powers of the executive, legislature and judiciary being consolidated into one area, due to the fear of totalitarianism. Thus, in Federalist 51, James Madison that “the power surrendered by the people,” to the United States of America’s government must be divided within the government to allow “ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” Each branch, the executive, legislature and judiciary were given their own respective powers, and if one branch decided to expand their power, the other branches would stop that expansion in order to prevent their own powers being endangered.…
How is the Constitution written to guarantee that the government will be, and forever remain, limited in power? The Constitution was written upon the six principles to ensure our government would forever be with limited power to protect the United States of America. A limited government is a political system that legalized force is restricted to enumerated powers. The idea of a limited government is related to political thinkers, who used a unique way of showing emphasis to prevent government from having all power. Some wanted to connect divine law and natural law; others wanted a social compact to establish the government, to protect property and natural rights.…
The Constitution limited the powers of the federal government in many ways, they did this in order to make sure that their system of government wouldn't get out of control. There is a check for everything, everything is in a system of order, so... here are some ways that The Constitution limited the powers of the federal government. For Example: The Great Compromise.…
The United States Constitution: A just document The United States Constitution has it 's final draft submitted and receives acceptance by thirty-nine of the remaining forty-two delegates today in Philadelphia (Sidlow and Henschen 37). I have received and read a copy of this Constitution given to me by an anonymous source and will go into detail on what this new document proposes. After reading this document, I 'm sure there are many questions that would concern us all. What extent of power does this document give to the new centralized National Government, and how does it affect the several state 's ability to delegate power within themselves?…
1. Describe some of the principles behind the Constitution. Discuss how the separation of powers and checks and balances are supposed to operate. How did the Constitution arrange the power relationships between the national government and the states? There are several principles behind the United States constitution, such as popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of power, checks and balances, and federalism.…
FEDERALISM versus STATES ' RIGHTS These passages present a discussion about arguments concerning federalism and states ' rights. This is an important debate for U.S. citizens since this directly affects our way of life. The two positions argue whether or not the idea of states ' rights is relevant today. Both viewpoints have valid claims warranting consideration; for example, evidence indicates that states should have the right to decide certain issues for themselves.…
When the United States first formed, James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights as laws to follow throughout time. The Fourth Amendment is one of the most important of the amendments because it permits people to the privacy that they are entitled to. “The Constitution’s Fourth Amendment is inarguably set in stone in declaring that in the United States “no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause.” (Does the Government Actually Understand the 4th Amendment, 2013.) Going alongside this law, it states the fact that the government and law enforcement cannot obtain citizens’ information or belongings without a warrant, but with all of the new technology that is coming out, this law is being broken.…
Amendment IV The fourth amendment is one of the primitive and mainly significant entitlements bestowed to the citizens of The United State of America; the law, distinctively states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” What Does the Fourth Amendment Mean? The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution stipulates, the entitlement of individuals to be secure in their individualities, dwellings, documents, and possessions, against irrational searches…
The Constitution, completed and signed on September 17, 1787, is the backbone of the United States government. Composed of three parts, the Preamble, the Articles, and the Amendments, the Constitution outlines a government that “puts the power in the hands of the people” (Constitution Center, 1). It was written from May through September of 1787, but not ratified until June of 1788, when New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the document. The Constitution was written by a plethora of authors who are referred to as the Constitutional Convention. However, some notable authors include James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams because of their drafting of the concepts in the Constitution.…