Edwin Meese

living document that’s meaning changes with time? Beginning with Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson in 1786 at the constitutional convention, arguments continue to emerge for both loose interpretation and strict interpretation. Former Attorney General Edwin Meese asserts his view in his “Speech to the Federalist Society Lawyers Division”. In his speech, Meese takes the time to discuss the Regan administration’s approach to interpreting the constitution proclaiming, “Our approach does not view the Constitution as some kind of super municipal code, designed to address merely the problems of a particular era – whether those of 1787, 1789, or 1868.” What Meese is implying with this statement is he (and the rest of the Regan administration), do not see the constitution as a document that cannot speak to issues of this age. Meese is convinced that the constitution is not bounded by time nor is it “a mirror that simply reflects the thoughts and ideas of those who stand before it”. According to Meese, the meaning of the constitution does not change with time. Moreover, the rising generation whom are faced with the constitution do not get to interpret the constitution to best fit their generation. Further defending his position, Meese draws attention to the fact that the constitution was a written document and therefore by definition conveys meaning. Therefore, the meaning of the constitution can be known if properly studied. The former Attorney General quotes James Madison,…

Whether one realizes it or not, the interpretation of the Constitution is a vital part of everyday life. Edwin Meese put forth one way: originalism, which calls the courts and judges to interpret the Constitution according to what the founders intended. Contrastly, William Brennan believed the document should be constantly evolving and adapting to the situations brought up in legal disputes today. While both men offered insightful arguments, Meese presents a case with which I agree. Kelo v. New…

Edwin Hutchins, a cognitive psychologist and former professor at at the University of California at San Diego, is one of the key developers of distributed cognition (Bell & Winn, 2000). Distributed cognition allows the student to have more control. Simply put, distributed cognition, or Dcog, is student centered and contends that learning is achieved in environments where learners take part in a methodically intended learning environment that encourages interaction with its participants (Bell &…

The process of doing an audience analysis involves being able to identifying and adapt in order to able to present the information to an audience properly (Adler, Rodman, & du Pre, 2014). In understanding the audience a speaker has a better awareness of how to approach the subject without alienating them. Being able to adapt to the environment allows for a better way for the speech to reach the audience. Also allows for the speaker to decide in what form they wish to present the information.…

astronomer Galileo Galilei within his first year of observation he had discovered four of Jupiter’s largest moons as well as discovering hundreds of stars. He did this using simple mirrors and optics to magnify the light coming from the distant discovery, even though many people would just view this as simple observation this is actually a very basic form of electromagnetic detection as light is a form of electromagnetic radiation, but due to the very small range of electromagnetic radiation…

served in World War 1 as an artillery officer. They do not however provide any information about his family. This essay does not reveal what his parents did for living or what type of childhood he had or if he had any siblings. Lemaître was ordained as an abbé in 1923 after the World War 1. He studied with “the distinguished English astronomer Arthur Eddington […]” in 1924. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a physics Ph.D. After which, beginning in 1925 he taught…

guard solider accidently shot a round at the protesters, sparking other soldiers to shoot at the protesters. This resulted in the killing of four students and the injury of nine. This sparked the band, Crosby Stills and Nash, to write the song Ohio(History.com). They were not the only group to make protest music about the Vietnam War. Many bands made songs about the Vietnam was such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and Edwin Starr(About.com). Edwin Starr’s song, War, was…

Edwin Powell Hubble was born on November 20th, 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri. He was the third child of seven kids. His dad was John P. Hubble, and his mom was Virginia Lee James Hubble. Edwin lived in Missouri until his grade school years, when his dad moved to Chicago in 1898 for his real estate business. Hubble went to Wheaton High School in Chicago, where he excelled as a student and an athlete. Hubble graduated in the class of 1906 when he was just 16 years old, two years younger than most…

The Scottsboro Case A case that was unfair to the defendants and to the society of mankind. The Scottsboro Case first started on March 25,1931 9 young black men were wrongly accused. During this time black men were allowed to have jobs, but whites were still harboring racial feelings towards blacks. The 9 young black men oldest 19 and youngest 13 were on the way to find work in Alabama as they were on the train a fight broke out between them with the whites. As the train began to slow the…

Cory”, have similar story lines, but with different moods and themes. In Alden Nowlan’s “Warren Pryor” the main character’s parents sacrifice everything for him to be able to have a better future, but he, Warren Pryor, isn’t happy with his life. He would enjoy the simplicity of working on the family farm much more than being a banker. But because his family sacrificed everything for him he now sacrifices his happiness for them. In Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “Richard Cory” Richard Cory is the…