Official documents of the United States

Nazis. Not only did Snowden insult thousands of people but he is costing the United States billions of dollars to get thousands of people to rework the system he released (Toobin). To add on to the billions of dollars being lost because of Snowden; terrorists are now changing communication methods and making them more secure so the NSA will have a harder time cracking codes and understanding their plots. After the documents were released the NSA surveillance programs have slower operations…

constitution and the content put into the important document. His works and opinions still continue to greatly influence our current government due to the lasting effects of where his beliefs were placed; like in official documents. His contributions to our government are very prominent, but he is often not credited. Even though his ideas did not create an instant effect when he was alive, his beliefs slowly established a spot in the United States. Aristotle was born in 384 BC in Northern…

thirteen states of the United States of America gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for what was known as the Constitutional Convention. It was previously twelve years ago in 1777 when the Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire gained independence and formed what is known as the United States of America. The founders of the Articles of Confederation, the United States’ first attempt at a government, was recognized as being too weak and unable to maintain order. As a result, fifty-six state…

The Cons of Freedom of the Press The first amendment of the United States’ Constitution states that all people have the right to a free press. Within this right, all people have the right to upload and print out anything that they deem important so long as it remains within the boundaries of the Libel Law. The number one purpose of this right it to supply America and its citizens with information, however, in its number one purpose is where it falters. The Freedom of the Press hinders the truth…

corruption and instability. The Senate had a lot of power over the Executive branch and there was very little independence among the branches of government, which was greatly influenced by dominant political faction. The United States distributes its power relatively evenly. Because each state has both local and national representatives, it supports the interests of the people in a way that Roman government didn't. In these ways the democratic republic of America is a lot more evolved than…

free elections, majority rule and minority rights, control on powers, a common binding document to become the basis of democracy within a given area, and the ways…

Why did the Constitution need to be ratified, and what necessary additions to the government did the Constitution put in place? There are many reasons why the United States needed the Constitution in 1787. The current form of government was weak, and the Constitution provided many benefits such as a Bill of Rights and a powerful Congress. It also split the government into three sections that had essential checks and balances over each other. Without the ratification of the Constitution, the…

American Government In Comparison The United States is thought to be the foundation of modern democracy. As a “constitutional federal republic”,the United States does not stand-alone. Various "democracies" are constitutional republics, and have long traditions of a democratic culture, laws, and barriers. The selection role of the head of government is one singularity between the United States and some of the other major democracies. There are many forms of democracy, implemented and modified…

According to The News Observer, “The first official slave owner in colonial America was a black man, not white.” While slavery did play a large role in the actions of Southerners in the early 1860’s, slavery was not the only issue. The idea of slavery did not begin when the first captured Africans were brought to Jamestown, Virginia by entrepreneurial English settlers. People have been enslaving one another since the birth of humanity. Southerners, though, felt that their very way of life…

bloodiest wars in our history. It was the first time the world witnessed the destructive power of newly developed nuclear weapons by the Americans. It was the use of nuclear bombs that officially ended the war, but yet a lot of people condemned the United States for using such frightening and destructive weapons due to multiple reasons such as the deaths of innocent Japanese civilians, the probability of the use of such weapons in future wars which can cause further deaths and other negative…