United States Constitution

The United States is fundamentally run under the idea of human rights. The government of the United States is set up through a democratic system where the majority of the power held within the country lies in the votes and voices of the public. This idea of democracy was not always the bread and butter of United States government, but has been an improvement and adjustment of the beliefs of the people. Many british influences agree that the United States government is a reflection of the British…

“It would seem as if the rulers of our time sought only to use men in order to make things great; I wish that they would try a little more to make great men; that they would set less value on the work and more upon the workman; that they would not forget that a nation cannot long remain strong when every man belonging to it is individually weak.” (Tocqueville 2) Mark R. Levin exemplifies a highly intelligent and practical plan that, if enacted, would strip away the overbearing amount of power…

been prominent among the United States Judicial System since the medieval times. Originating in medieval England, the jury consists of twelve locals in order to decide the fate of the one being tried. Constitutionally, the government cannot revoke someone’s right to life, liberty, and property until the jury is convinced of one’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The jury is essential in preventing governmental encroachment and ensuring that the rights given by the Constitution are being honored.…

and gun violence issues need the most attention. The Second amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to retain and bear arms, adopted on December 15, 1791, as part of the first ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. The second Amendment we see today is not the same amendment ratified by the several States at the time The Second Amendment, comparable to other parts of the U.S. Constitution, was altered to suit the needs and desires of Federalists who had…

woman’s deserve it. When she was beginning the speech she was explaining to them that she was charged for a crime of voting at their last presidential election in 1872. In several states laws were made for discrimination against women. When Anthony quoted the Federal constitution it said “We the people of the United States…” then she goes on to say that is says we the people, not just white male citizens. Everyone that made up the union should be able to vote not just the males that owned land.…

subjected to violence simply because they are gay, and the United Nations Human Rights Council has recently condemned this violence. But it is not just violence that violates the human rights of gays; a similar…

The Ninth Amendment entitles United States citizens to the right to privacy, the right to control over one’s own body, and the right to protection against illegal searches and seizures, among other things (Fish 7). Fish argues that the current prohibitionist policy on drugs in the United States is counterproductive because it creates a massive, criminal black market (Fish 5). He believes this country fosters conditions…

Martin Luther King Jr once said “True peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of Justice” (*****). In layman terms, the concept of justice is really the concept of balance and the glue that holds society together (****2). It is the idea of people getting what is right, fair, and appropriate based on their actions. It drives proper behaviors by upholding the righteous and punishing what is wrong and evil. Justice holds all men accountable to one another to perform their…

less.” means that women and men should be treated equally. “Modeled after the Declaration of Independence and written primarily by Stanton, the declaration demanded that women be awarded the same rights that were guaranteed to men under the U.S. Constitution.” which should have been already been granted. “ the declaration argued that women should be granted equally with men in all areas of life, including law, education, employment, and the right to vote.”Women should have not been treated…

reference to the technology-obsessed millennials or the ever-declining moral state of the nation. The fact of the matter is, what the founding fathers think has absolutely no influence or weight today, as they are all dead. If the founding fathers were presumably brought back, for some ungodly reason, they would probably be too transfixed with iPhones to do anything relevant or useful. The founding fathers’ opinions on today’s state of affairs is irrelevant, but they do have lasting influence,…