How effective is the Constitution of the United States? ... The constitution is unclear of what is right and what is wrong and the government has made it up to the country to decide. ... Overall, the constitution has shown to be imprecise of what is moral and what is immoral. ... Americans need to know what their guaranteed rights as a citizen in the United States are, yet how can they do so if the rights themselves aren't thorough enough to comprehend the meaning. ...

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According to the Constitution of the United States, it citizens preserve certain human rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... This alone should be the reason for the United States to want to intervene. ... If the United States is not there to try and help out these innocent people that are being violated, there can be a link of hypocrisy, because the United States constitution states that all men are created equal. ... In WWII the United States ended the ruthless Japanese empire. ... The United States should intervene because it is morally, the right thing to do. ...

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According to the Constitution of the United States, it citizens preserve certain human rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... This alone should be the reason for the United States to want to intervene. ... If the United States is not there to try and help out these innocent people that are being violated, there can be a link of hypocrisy, because the United States constitution states that all men are created equal. ... In WWII the United States ended the ruthless Japanese empire. ... The United States should intervene because it is morally, the right thing to do. ...

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They are still holding the "terrorists" prisoner on United States soil. ... To begin, there are two routes that can be taken, one by following the Geneva Conventions and the second by the United States Constitution. ... The United States realizes both the risks involved with both of the situations. ... Justice is demanded and in this case, the United States are being attacked by their very own Constitution. ... The United States still has not made a strong legal argument defending its actions. ...

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Even with teenage pregnancy figures declining, this is a prevalent dilemma in the United States. ... Making abortion illegal would not only deny citizens the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution, but would increase the amount of struggle and problems in this country. All human beings are guaranteed inalienable rights by the Constitution. ...

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He supposedly had knowledge of an Al-Qaeda plan to detonate a "dirty bomb" in the United States. ... This action effectively removed him from the criminal justice system and the protections of the constitution. ... The dilemma is how to reconcile the values of the Constitution and the safety of the people? ... They had escaped the persecutions of the English King and sought to protect the citizens of the United States with rights that were guaranteed under the constitution designed to limit the powers of the government to arrest and hold people at will without judicial review. ... Kenneth R...

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As Americans, we have certain rights granted to us by the Constitution. ... These freedoms are listed in the first amendment of the Constitution. ... The United States does not have unlimited freedom of expression due to many restrictions by our government. . ... The church and government is constitutionally separated in the United States. ... The Constitution also guarantees the right to freedom of assembly and petition. ...

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In the late 1700's, change was happening rapidly in the United States. ... White men still dominated the United States, and they often ruled with an iron fist. ... In 1806, there was a very violent confrontation, causing more and more Native Americans to be moved to unfitting areas of the United States. ... At this time in history, most were still slaves who labored throughout the United States. The extent of their success in gaining freedom was that a few northern states prohibited slavery in their constitutions. ...

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The greatest example of this is the United States of America itself. ... Outside of the American civil rights movement, and even outside of the United States, there are nations that live without freedom. ... The Constitution of the United States, written in 1787, was not made so that the government had the power, but rather the opposite. ... They are called rights because the constitution makes clear that freedom cannot be given as a gift just by the reason that it is written. ... The constitution also prevents the loss of freedom not only of the people but also by the government within itself...

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The battle between this bioethical nature, is being fought here within the United States. ... Some have already noted that the ban on cloning will violate the First Amendment to the constitution of the United States. ... The United Kingdom has established a publicly funded medical research council, which already sets up fast track grants to attract international academics. ... This would pose a big legal question, as to how U.S. citizens that would go abroad to take advantage of this technological study, would be criminally charged here in the United States, if the senate approves the pendi...

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The United States Government has been monitoring the way this jail has been operating the past five years and nothing has ever really been done to correct these issues. ... Daily Oklahoman reporter, William Crum states that Oklahoma County is being threatened with a federal lawsuit concerning the 60 civil rights violations documented this past year. ... Their rights are protected under the Constitution of the United States. ... But now the United States Government must decide if they want to let Oklahoma County clean up their own mess....

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Under the rights for United States citizens stated in the First Amendment of the Constitution, Americans are guaranteed the right to free speech. ... This right to free speech is what protects Americans from being suppressed by the government, while also allowing the people as a whole to have a voice, a voice allowing the people to maintain their own opinions and also influence political and social actions in the United States. ... Based on the necessary protection of United States citizens, both in security and dignity, limits to free speech are justified in public area if the speech poses ...

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The United States Constitution attempts to ensure us our inalienable rights to life, liberty, and happiness. ... (ABCNews.com "Temporary Block", William McCall) If Oregon can change their laws to recognize the rights of their citizens, why can't other states follow their lead? ... Other states should follow their lead. ...

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Such events were the rising into power of the United States of America and the success of its Marshall Plan or the European Recovery Program which was an effort to rebuild Europe from the ravages of war. ... The Philippines, after having promised its independence in1946, still had high economic dependence on United States' markets. ... This would allow them to exploit the country's natural resources and if this privilege was infringed, the United States president had the authority to revoke any part of the agreement. ... Critics saw it as a surrender of national sovereignty; however ...

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During the construction of the constitution the framers had no intention of forming a democracy in the true sense of the word that is "a government or country where everyone has the equal right to choose the leaders, by voting". ... The United States of America is a democracy in that it's fate is held in the hands of its people. The constitution has laid a foundation for democracy but it has also put restraints on it. ...

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After establishing the magazine's content was protected under the Constitution 1st Amendment, the Supreme Court reversed the decision leaving the reverend empty-handed and a bruised public image. ... United States was the case that gave the "fire" phrase notoriety. ...

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Since the beginning of this century, 23 innocent people have been executed in the United States alone. ... In the United States, cruel and unusual punishment is outlawed by the eighth amendment. ... In the first line of the United States Constitution there are the words, "establish Justice- Our founding fathers envisioned a country based upon justice and personal rights. ... We as citizens of the United States should uphold this principle of justice as the founders of our country intended. ... In order to abolish the death penalty in the United States, we must make our voices heard. ...

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Many U.S. citizens claim that the time has come to change our constitution in order to keep up with changing times. ... But at this point in time our constitution is under siege. ... Our constitution has only been amended twenty-seven times. ... The right to bear arms was added into our constitution to protect our country from tyranny. ... The right to bear arms protects citizens of the United States from such tyranny, and gives us no reason to fear dictatorship. ...

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Many U.S. citizens claim that the time has come to change our constitution in order to keep up with changing times. ... But at this point in time our constitution is under siege. ... Our constitution has only been amended twenty-seven times. ... The right to bear arms was added into our constitution to protect our country from tyranny. ... The right to bear arms protects citizens of the United States from such tyranny, and gives us no reason to fear dictatorship. ...

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Many U.S. citizens claim that the time has come to change our constitution in order to keep up with changing times. ... But at this point in time our constitution is under siege. ... Our constitution has only been amended twenty-seven times. ... The right to bear arms was added into our constitution to protect our country from tyranny. ... The right to bear arms protects citizens of the United States from such tyranny, and gives us no reason to fear dictatorship. ...

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We have lived under the United States Constitution for more than 200 years and women still struggle for equal rights. ... A few years later in 1972, it was passed by the Senate, but the ratification process lasted to 1982 because a series of extensions, where ERA was stopped three states short. ... ERA's main ideal is that the female group of this country deserves equality in everything, including in our own constitution. ...

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Introduction United States law has used the doctrine of "discovery" to justify the takeover of Indian people and territory. ... The United States Constitution of 1787 is largely silent on Indians because the tribes were still outside the new constitutional and legal order of the United States. ... United States law in a brilliantly ambiguous phrase, referred to the tribes as "dependent domestic nations." ... There were rights if there was a provision in the Indian Act or in other legislation or in the constitution. ... This section of the Constitution was at best ambiguou...

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During the 1800's, two people could live under the very same constitution but have completely different outlooks on how effectively the government worked. ... According the United States constitution and the Declaration of Independence, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are guaranteed to each American citizen. ...

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In the United States, prejudice has led to the lynching of blacks, bombing of synagogues, the massacre of Native Americans, the illegal imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the harassment of homosexuals, and other violent acts against minority groups. ... DIFFERENT FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION Throughout United States history many other groups have suffered racial and religious discrimination. ... Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not protect private homosexual relations among consenting adults. ... International efforts to combat discrimination were minimal until th...

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A little known fact about the appeals process is that many states have laws providing funds for the legal defense and appeals for convicted felons. ... Limits on appeals The federal Constitution allows people who are in custody to challenge the legality of their confinement by seeking a writ of habeas corpus. ... The United States Supreme Court, in the case of McClesky v. ...

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