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    Judicial Conference of the United States. A local rule takes effect on the date specified by the district court and remains in effect unless amended by the court or abrogated by the judicial council of the circuit. Copies of rules and amendments must, on their adoption, be furnished to the judicial council and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and be made available to the public. (2)…

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    As the United States developed its status of a new nation, its inhabitants were afraid of a reign of tyranny that would turn out to be like that of Britain rule. The first widespread document for the former thirteen colonies were the Articles of Confederation, which established that, centralized government was toxic to liberty and assigned most of the powers to the individual states. One of the major flaws of the Articles was that, it basically set up the country as a community of different…

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    Lauri Krause November 12, 2016 HIS 131 01 The Articles of Confederation After the United States declared independence from Britain, members of the Continental Congress wanted to create a permanent national government with a written constitution. John Dickinson was given the task to draft the Articles of Confederation. This draft made it clear that Dickinson supported a strong central government, and thus the states debated and revised the Articles of Confederation for over a year creating a…

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    the French were hiding as a means to figure out their weakness. The United States was always a step ahead of France because they were already aware of the Spain transferring power over the territory back to France. These points are verifiable with an excerpt from “An Immense…

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    James Madison was one of the founders of America’s Republican government, a key author of the federalist papers and bill of rights, and our fourth president of the United States. He was born March 16th, 1751 in Port Conway, VA and died June 28th, 1836 in Orange County, VA at a great age of 85. Madison grew up in Orange County and his father built Montpelier in 1760. The Madison’s lived at Montpelier for three generations from 1723 to 1844. Virginia was represented by James Madison in 1787 at…

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    American and helped create the United States legal system. Also, as a Federalist, his ideas were pro-Britain which caused friction between him and the other Founding father. After his death, many of his political collages try to carry his Federalist ideas through their presidency. Although Hamilton ideas were not popular, some of his ideas have helped the United States as a country. Hamilton is credited for his contribution to convincing the colonies to want the Constitution, help fund the U.S…

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    The Separation Of Power

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    to end the abuse of power within the American government. When the Constitution was created, the founding fathers wanted to create a government that would protect the American people from the past abuses felt as a colony under King George III. In order to protect the American people’s rights and to ensure that the government didn’t make decisions at the disinterest of the masses, the Constitutional framers spilt the Unites States federal government into three separate branches, the Legislative,…

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    How would you feel to be watched by the government constantly? The government could be watching you sleep, eat, and do your daily routines. Just to keep order, the government is doing this now, and you have no clue. Now that seems pretty insane, does it not? The government would be completely abusing their power if they chose to do this. Just to maintain order the government does not have to use surveillance and watch our every move. That is outrageous and most definitely is an abuse of power.…

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    If we didn’t have a constitution our world would be careless. The constitution is a big part of America and still functions today with our government. We have governments today that help carry the force to people with the rules of what the constitution states. Some people may say they don’t need to follow the rules, but truth is everybody should because we could end up with a very bad penalty. According to the video, the federal government used the laws of the constitution to protect people’s…

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    federal Constitution. They had to draft and make a new constitution because the Articles of Confederation were weak and falling apart. The Articles of Confederation was the form of government the United States was under. When the new Constitution came out, they sent it out to the states for approval. In order for the Constitution to enact or become the new government, nine of the thirteen states had to ratify it. There were two groups that emerged when the new Constitution went to the states,…

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