United States Constitution

the 1777 election of the Virginia Assembly. In 1809-1817, he became the fourth president of the United States. He is know as the “Father of the Constitution” because he took the pivotal role in drafting and promoting the U.S. construction and the Bill of Rights The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America that guarantees certain laws for the citizens. The U.S. Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia…

between Thomas Jefferson’s Republicans and Alexander Hamilton’s Federalists due to different beliefs in regards to the Constitution’s power and the impact of foreign policy and economic growth on the young United States. The Federalists were the first group to control the government of the United States and the accomplishments of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams defined the party. On the other hand, distinguished men like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison fought to turn…

John Marshall Harlan What is value? This question swept the court room in 1987 during the case of Pope v. Illinois. Pope and Morrison, the Petitioners in the case, had been charged with the illegal sale of obscene magazines. They argued that the State of Illinois Obscenity Statute- under which they had been convicted- was unconstitutional because it had allowed the “value” of the magazines to be judged by community standards. In response, Illinois contended that the statute was indeed…

as a United States citizen. Out of all the texts that I have read, three of them stick out to me that give me a better understanding. The three texts that stick out to me are George Washington’s Farewell Address, John F. Kennedy’s Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, and Dennis Kearny and H. L. Knight’s Appeal from California. The Chinese Invasion. Workingman’s Address. The reason why these texts give me a better understanding of my role as a citizen of the United States is…

In today’s society, many people living in the United States of America do not know the difference between civil rights and civil liberties. 1 People often consider civil rights to be civil liberties. Civil liberties are individual rights that have been protected by the bill of rights against the state and local government actions through the process called selective incorporation. Selective incorporation is a process where…

Anti-Federalist Point of View The United States of America decided to break away from The British Empire. The first constitution of the United States was the Articles of Confederation, which imposed strict limitations on the authority of the federal government. Most of the power rested in the hands of state governments. The government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation was weak, could not enforce laws, raise an army, regulate commerce, or levy a tax. Every state had a…

Our 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 issues of liberty versus order, federal power versus state power, and freedom versus slavery and discrimination were going to be resolved. The final answer to the…

advertising industry develops pretty fast with all these Internet technologies that have recently integrated into our lives. Parents need help to be able to handle children advertising epidemic. And this help should be delivered from the government or state…

Confederation and Constitution After fighting the British in the Revolutionary War, our new independent nation faced some difficult and challenging times economically. This critical time was a danger to colonists and the new future of the delicate republic. Independence had been declared and the recent state and national governments needed to make some very difficult decisions about how to stabilize the suffering economy (Ushistory.org, 2016). Articles of Confederation vs Constitution on…