Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

The battle to ratify the constitution quickly fell into two camps; the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The Federalists defended ratification of the constitution as it was written with the Anti-Federalists arguing against ratification for a number of reasons. The battle lines had been drawn, however, the arguments were far from consolidated; especially within the camp of the Anti-Federalists. Additionally, both sides took to media outlets to argue their positions where the written word on…

history has become like a game of telephone, people pick and choose key facts when discussing controversial topics without looking at all the facts. The United States Constitution created a representative democracy that has last for 200 years. However, that does not mean 18th century logic should rule over the 21st century. The Second Amendment was written in 1791, when the country’s government was still forming, the revolutionary war was just fought, people still had to hunt for their food,…

The U.S. Constitution is a document that embraces the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. The preamble is a statement attached to the Constitution, it states, “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of the liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for…

Since the founding of the United States, “American Exceptionalism” has served as a guiding principle for individuals seeking to lead this country. Second only to an Anglo belief in god, a solid―if often tenuous―insistence in our benevolent and altruistic superiority over all other countries and cultures seems compulsory for the high office. But what is so exceptional about America and why is it such a fundamental underpinning of the American ethos and its political fabric? “In its classic forms,…

With the fight for independence over, members of the newly formed United States sat down to write a set of laws for the nation. However, they were met with growing apprehension from Anti-Federalists, who favored strong state governments as opposed to a powerful central government. This group of commoners was afraid that this new form of government would resort to the monarchist principles of the former British regime, so they called for a protection of individual rights. On the other hand,…

When it comes to the United States Supreme Court and the Juvenile Court, things changed in the 1960s, when the Supreme Court issued several decisions that would expand the due process rights for any criminal defendant. This was under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren, who was concerned that civil liberties and human rights and how they were reflected in decisions. “In general, the Court believed that criminal defendants were citizens who were presumed innocent until they had been…

There are many different beliefs on how the government of the United States should be run. The first set of rules, called the Articles of Confederation, was written in 1777, but 10 years later in 1787 the Constitution was adopted. The Constitution replaced faulty laws that didn’t give the federal government supreme power; it set a base for our government that has still proven to be an effective framework for the United States to follow even 229 years later. The Articles of Confederation had many…

there needs to be a set of rules. The set of rules and regulations we go by is called the Constitution. The constitution is what we look to when making decisions and making laws. Without the constitution the United States would be in total anarchy. The Articles of Confederation was the first basic constitution of the United States. The Articles of Confederation was written in Philadelphia at the Second Continental Congress in 1776(History,Articles of Confederation). The first draft of the…

alternative to running a country such as the United States and it was proven weak after Shay’s Rebellion, there was a “Second Founding” where Constitution was established. The major governing principles that lie at the heart of the Constitution are comparable and contrastable with those of the Articles of Confederation. There were means written into the Constitution to institutionalize the ideals of a “limited government.” There were issues such as the rights of the states that divided the…

The Texas constitution was written in 1876 which was more than a century ago. During this time, Texas was still developing and is still growing today. The constitution has three limitations that can be considered in order for the constitution to be rewritten. Which include the length and organization, the bill of rights, and the legislative branch of the government. The constitution was written during the time when people had, the limitation of government powers, and limits on the legislatures…