Federalist No. 10

Larry Flynt once said, “If you’re not going to offend somebody you don’t need the First Amendment.” This quotation means that if you are unable to help somebody protect their rights, then you are not using the freedoms the first Amendment guarantees. On December 15, 1791, the state of Virginia ratified that the citizens of The United States were now protected of their essential freedoms. (FirstAmendmentCenter.org)This means that American citizens now had the freedoms of speech, press, religion,…

A tragedy, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is an unfortunate or sad event that causes strong feelings of sadness or regret. A tragedy either brings people closer together or splits them further apart, but either way, after a tragedy occurs, people need a change; something to help them cope with the problem at hand. In the United States, a very large issue is mass school shootings, which have created many tragedies for people in the nation. Approximately 150 school shootings have…

ratification. With some disagreements Madison's original proposal with the articles can be combined into the main body of the Constitution. The articles 3-12 were ratified as additions to the Constitution on December 15, 1791, and became Amendments 1-10 of the Constitution. On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was approved by the states. The Bill of Rights were added to the…

American citizenship is the allegiance of those who qualify who are entitled to the enjoyment of all Civil Rights. John Locke, the “Father of Classical Liberalism,” and James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution,” though both influential figures in American history, did not agree on the best way to construct the foundation of the United States’ government. Locke and Madison had contrasting perspectives regarding American citizenship including their views on human nature, and political and…

The question presented to the Supreme Court in Raich v. Gonzales is whether or not the Commerce Clause affords Congress the power to ban the growth, use, and sale of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and whether it can enforce that act against ill people whose doctors prescribed to them medical marijuana as a remedy. Writing for the majority in that case, Justice John Paul Stevens employed Justice Breyer’s strand of pragmatism. The premise of that approach is that the Constitution…

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary." (James Madison). Many historians would recognize this quote from the famous James Madison, however if humans were angels would they not need a government? It seems that even angels have a form of leadership, which is basically what government is, a form of control or direction. Despite whether or not angels need government, humans need a form of government to maintain order. Two types of government that have had a major impact on history,…

and no executive branch in the Articles the government wasn’t very strong. This led to the drafting of The Constitution, which encompassed different checks and balances, and was ratified on June 21, 1788, the first American party system Federalist and Anti-Federalist were formed. The American Revolution gave the thirteen colonies the much-wanted freedom from British rule and created a thriving new democratic…

will recognize for the first time the 13 colonies as an independent country, the new democratic United States of America. Chapter five discussed the passing of the Bill of Rights. With the Bill of Rights it provided security for the anti-federalists and the poor lower class people including servants, slaves, and women that the newly built constitution will not be ruled and dominated by the rich upper class or aristocracy. The Bill of Rights got rid of the fear of being ruled by another…

1. Define public policy (give at least one example)? Discuss and explain fully what is meant by the “context of public policy?” Describe the context(s) by which public policy emerges? List the theorists and explain (fully) each of their contextual perspectives of public policy? Which of these perspectives best seem to explain public policy context for you and why? Public policy, simply put, is the decisions or non-decisions made in response to a general problem, a problem-solving mechanism…

sure. You could say that it led to a turning point in the long run. Perhaps we are still in that turning point. Whether or not we are, the seed of Liberty has been planted into the minds of the many and someday that seed will flower, whether it takes 10 minutes or 10,000…