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Originalism v. Judicial Activism Throughout the history of the United States of America, there has always been different controversies among our Constitution. To the best of their abilities the Supreme Court of the United States has resolved each of these cases in a manner relating to interpreting the Constitution. Judicial activism and judicial restraint have been at odds since the adoption of our Constitution in 1787. This continues to this time where the Supreme Court is still ruling on…

1. McCulloch v. Maryland Constitutional Question: Did Congress have the power under the Constitution to establish a national bank under Article 1, Section 8, and Clause 18 of the constitution and did Maryland unconstitutionally tax a branch of the national bank operating within its borders? Background information: The U.S government created the first national bank in 1791, while in 1816; the second national bank of the United States was created. Many branches of the Bank of the United…

New York water. Ogden was given a license from Livingston to travel New York water. Gibbons, however, was making a living by carrying passengers from New Jersey to New York, therefore crossing New York water, and did not have a license from Livingston and/or Fulton, but had a federal license to transverse New York water. Ogden filed against Gibbon for traveling on New York water without a New York license, and Gibbons appealed his case of the federal license being above the New York law to the…

al, 2006). Additionally, conformist do not have the independent thinking skills required to consider other options. Finally, their lack of critical thinking skills and inputs to the team allow the possibility of groupthink to occur (Gibbons, 2013). An example of conformist followership is a member who blindly follows direction from leadership without considering better ways of doing business because they lack critical thinking abilities. Passive followers are the go-with-flow type…

The word managing is defined as, “To bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty and hardship” (Dictionary.com). Some people may ask the question, “Is it really possible to manage your boss?” or, “Is it necessary to manage your boss if it is possible?” The answer to the first question is yes it is possible to manage your boss, and the answer to the latter is the same. Managing and understanding a boss stands is a crucial factor in developing personal management skills,…

The two Supreme Court cases, McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden, were essential events in history that provided the power of the government needed to expand its control over domestic policy in the United States. But what is domestic policy to begin with? Often contrasted with foreign policy, domestic policy refers to the laws in place that deal with the internal workings of this country and this country only. An example of domestic policy for the United States would be social security.…

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meat. According to National Geographic, the people usually got thirty percent of their annual calories from animals (Gibbons, 2014). With the lack of weapons and tools, the hunt for meat was very difficult and time and energy consuming. It is believed that they used more of a foraging strategy and relied largely on plants. In fact, seventy percent of their diet was made of plants (Gibbons, 2014). As time went on, improvements in hunting, cooking, and technology changed the diet…

Classrooms in the 21st century are continuously evolving into spaces where learning is achieved through a dialogue of texts. The intersection of various texts engages the student in a variety of ways, allowing the individual to become a better problem solver and critical thinker. In a world where technology is expected in the classroom and traditional methods of assessment are slowly fading into the heavily saturated world of the media, educators still hesitate to branch out of their comfort…

New immigrants are increasingly using suburbia as a gateway into the American dream (Denton and Gibbons, 14). While “the image of suburbs as all-white havens remains commonplace and suburban segregation remains high”, minority populations in suburbs in every part of America are rapidly increasing their demographic share. (Denton and Gibbons, 19). It seems likely that the future will only increase the minority share of suburbia, with the US Census Bureau estimating…