United States Constitution

have the power under the Constitution to establish a national bank under Article 1, Section 8, and Clause 18 of the constitution and did Maryland unconstitutionally tax a branch of the national bank operating within its borders? Background information: The U.S government created the first national bank in 1791, while in 1816; the second national bank of the United States was created. Many branches of the Bank of the United States opened throughout the country. States were worried about the…

implications of the United States Constitution. The U.S. Constitution establishes the rules and regulations for the American people. As stated in the constitution, This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof: and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the…

The Constitution is the framework of America and is one of the earliest documents in the nation 's history. Originally drafted as the Articles of Confederation the Constitution laid the groundwork for our government and the judicial system. The original articles were drafted in Philadelphia in 1777 but after disagreements between government and states ten years later in 1787 the constitutional convention was called for back in Philadelphia. This meeting was the birth of the Constitution. The…

representing liberty, Benjamin Franklin’s statement gives prominence to the elation that resulted from the new era of freedom that the United States would enter. The genesis of this period is attributed to the painstaking labor of the…

The National Security Agency (NSA) is an organization that is a part of the United States government that is responsible for the collection and processing of worldwide data records as well as global monitoring. According to an article from Electronic Frontier Foundation, the NSA is “responsible for collecting, processing, and disseminating intelligence information from foreign electronic signals for national foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes and to support military…

The Constitution, completed and signed on September 17, 1787, is the backbone of the United States government. Composed of three parts, the Preamble, the Articles, and the Amendments, the Constitution outlines a government that “puts the power in the hands of the people” (Constitution Center, 1). It was written from May through September of 1787, but not ratified until June of 1788, when New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the document. The Constitution was written by a plethora of…

According to the United Nations, privacy is basic human right that should be protected by law. The United States Constitution also implies a right to privacy in the Fourth Amendment. Recent laws passed by the government have raised questions about whether the government’s actions infringe upon a citizen’s right to privacy. The USA Patriot Act was the first of many laws that increased the powers of government organizations such as the NSA and the FBI. The law allowed these agencies to access…

but can be seen as a blueprint to the Constitution of the United States. The Articles of Confederation was America’s first written constitution which went into effect in 1781, establishing what could be referred to as a "league of friendship" for the states that were self-governing and independent subsequent to the American Revolution. The national government was weak with authority to make treaties, carry out military and foreign affairs and request states to pay…

place, there are still rules that must be obeyed. The characters of this novel have neither any rights, nor any freedom. Where in contrary, these are basic human rights that are given to all United States’ citizens: rights that are protected under the government document known as the Constitution of the United States. In a world so different from the world in real life, it…

the summer of 1787, representatives from each of the thirteen colonial states, the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, two starkly contrasting groups of state delegates, had gathered to discuss a new Constitution to replace the failed Articles of Confederation. Namely, the delegates had debated as to whether or not the new ruleset should have taken effect, as they possessed highly dissimilar viewpoints regarding the Constitution. There were several Anti-Federalist arguments against the…