There are certain well-defined and narrowly limited classes of speech, the prevention and punishment of which have never been thought to raise any Constitutional problem." ... The Texas statute is in place to deny someone in Johnson's frame of mind from this type of "symbolic speech." ...
The Framers envisioned Congress as the most important and most powerful branch of government, although today much of the significant legislation is initiated by the President and the executive department (Holder 20). ... First, specific external trends and events such as violence and economic difficulties cause complex growth because of the programs that are necessary to halt such problems. ...
In 1786 delegates tried to hold a meeting to discuss problems with the Articles in Annapolis, Maryland. ... One of the first congressmen who recognized that the national legislature must add personal rights to the Constitution was James Madison, the framer of the Bill of Rights. ...
