Illinois Constitution

In his article "Ken Paxton Suddenly Finds Himself with Few Friends", Christopher Hooks points out his views on the ongoing controversy concerning Ken Paxton. Ken Paxton, an Attorney General in Texas, faces several fraudulent charges that may see him step aside from his public service role. As a result, Hooks set out to convey the predicaments that Paxton face compared to ones that the former governor, Rick Perry faced in relation to sanctioning funding for the Public Integrity Unit. Hooks'…

limited powers. It works through a written document named the Constitution. The Constitution tells what the government can and what it can’t do. This helps with certain situations that occur in our country and has for many years. The Constitution is an important document that is to have power and a reason. The people who put the Constitution into action are the workers of the Supreme Court. The Bill of Rights subjoin to the Constitution; which limits the power of the United States government in…

York’s periodic constitutional convention referendum is to implement New Yorkers inalienable right to alter their constitution in cases where the interests of the legislature and people conflict. New York’s constitution allows the people to exercise this democratic purpose, a convention must be substantially independent of the legislative’s control. For example, New York’s constitution prohibits the legislative from directly limiting a convention’s agenda. The agenda is placed in the hands of…

The constitution is a set of rules by which a country is run. It can only have changes made to it when the majority of people say yes or else the new rule is not added this is called a referendum. The constitution affect the government and it describes their roles in running Australia. A constitution is a vital part of country because it tells how it should be run. There are rules which you can and can’t do. The constitution in Australia came in to effect when federation took place on January…

"“We The Students” Essay From 1787 when the Constitution was signed to present day, the United States went from worrying about gaining freedom and equal rights, to now where problems are much different with all the new technological advances and new situations that arise. The Amendments of the Constitution, were made to protect people's rights. While presently all of these amendments are enforced, it is evident that nowadays the concept of each amendment is getting blurred and it is…

if acts of the legislative or executive branches violate their constitution. If a court reaches the decision that the action of the other branch violates the constitution, it then declares the action to be null and void. That then means that the law is not to be obeyed or enforced. The judicial review was implemented in order to ensure a check and balance system when dealing with the government and the way the United States Constitution was interpreted. When the court system uses judicial review…

too much power. Judicial activism is when the justices of the Supreme Court make decisions based off of their personal opinions and beliefs and public opinion and they change policy, whereas judicial restraint is making decisions based off of the constitution and the law without any regard of public opinion or personal beliefs and only determining the constitutionality of a law without changing policy . In certain cases it is better to use judicial activism, especially in…

government should look like to keep a strong nation. During this Convention, one of the main points was the focus of whether slavery should be allowed or not. The final decision was that slavery should be allowed in the Constitution. The founding Fathers decided to keep slavery in the Constitution because they felt having a united union was more important than having it fall apart with ending slavery, and because slavery helped economic issues with the northern and southern states. To begin, a…

Constitutions have many elements that provide the fundamental principles of a nation and how it will be governed, but the way it is designed is the key to provide a clear and precise set of rules for its state. The first important element that any Constitution should contain is that it is a well written document so citizens understand what the laws are and what they mean. People should not have to struggle with understanding what the constitution means because if they do then they may interpret…

As John Adams puts it, the Framers of the Constitution intended for the United States to be a “government of laws and not of men” (Diarmuid). The Rule of Law requires that “all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself,” should remain liable to natural laws, basic human rights, and laws established by Congress, executed by the President, and reviewed by the Courts (Friedersdorf). It is important as a society to educate ourselves about our fundamental…