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Constitutional Law John Grisham’s novel The Pelican Brief furthers the reader's interest about United States Constitutional law. Constitutional Law is a certain body of law that deals with all branches of the government (Nowak, John E). It sets a framework and procedures for the government to follow. (Cabranes, Jose A). Con Law deals with fundamental relations within our society(Nowak, John E). The rights and Amendments are a big factor of Con Law in other words, it interprets them (Cabranes,…

The late 18th century brought a time of rapid growth and development for the people of the New World. Along with this growth and development brought a series of conflict and disagreement about the overall fate of this new and developing nation. James Madison, author of Federalist Number 10, argues his position on a particular form of government that would ultimately provide safety and desirability to the New World. Madison introduces his argument in favor of the fact that the Constitution has…

The founding fathers originally came together in 1787 to amend the Articles of Confederation, but instead rewrote the entire constitution. They defined the responsibilities of each branch of the federal government, and assumed that Congress would fill in any holes within the constitution as they arose by proposing amendments (Lessig, 2014). According to Thomas Jefferson, “No society can make a perpetual constitution” (Lessig, 2014). However, in the 228 years of the Constitution’s existence…

Student protestors of Gallaudet University presented the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees with four demands: 1. The resignation of the newly appointed university president Elizabeth Zinser, a hearing person, and the selection of a Deaf person as the universities president. 2. The immediate resignation of Jane Basset Spilman, who was chair of the Board of Trustees. 3. The reconstitution of the Board of Trustees with at least a 51% majority made of Deaf members. 4. No repercussions to any…

It was bad timing because Arnold thoughts of treason started to form. Arnold became very bitter with the fact that he was not recognized for his military genius on the part of Congress and the Continental Army(Brothers In Arms). Arnold was in deep debt, he was mad at politics, and he made a bad decision(Brothers in Arms). A year and a half-later Arnold was in command of West Point, an American Fort on the Hudson River. Arnold…

The political parties in the United States and China are exceptionally different. In a way that each country's political party system varies but at the end each country's main objective is for their country is to succeed and to protect the interest of their people. These two countries have different forms of government, in which political parties plays different roles. In China they have a communist form of government and in the United states we have a Democratic and Republican parties.…

the government or no one person can become too powerful. The Separation of Powers, as the three branches of government are called, consist of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The legislative branch consist of two houses of congress, these two houses are the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate has 100 senators, with two from each state, and the House of Representatives has a total of 435 seats with each state being represented by its population. The main…

In Redcoats and Rebels, the author Christopher Hibbert reference’s in a very vivid historical context of the American revolution. Mr. Hibbert compiles large amount of historical data about two major opposing sides in the American revolution. He portrayed the British as the courageous ‘red coats’ and portrayed the American’s as the ‘rebels’. His work is complied in twenty-five short paragraphs, divided into three parts each in chronological order. Christopher Hibbert, wrote this narrative of…

Snowden’s Treason The National Security Agency(NSA) is in charge with the protection of United States’ communication and information systems. Edward Snowden was an operative of this agency who had access to citizen’s social and private information. Edward Snowden is now seeking asylum in Russia, restricted from entering American soil or else he would be arrested for various reasons. In May of 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified documents of PRISM (Planning Tool for Resource Integration,…

How revolutionary was the ‘Glorious Revolution’? The Glorious Revolution of 1688 resulted in King James II overthrown by various members of the Parliament as well as their Dutch military aide, William of Orange, who was subsequently crowned a joint monarch with his wife Mary. Clearly, this can be seen as a fundamental constitutional change, but it is very much debatable whether the so-called ‘Glorious Revolution’ was in fact ‘revolutionary’. This essay will attempt to answer this question by…