Society establishes a set of rules and laws to keep it stable and its people safe. Although the majority will usually accept and/or follow the rules, occasionally, individuals or groups will demonstrate their disapproval of them by revolting against the government and authorities. ... I have personally experienced a conflict in which rules were broken in order to better the society for the majority. ... A majority of students would rather buy the cookies during lunch instead of buying a lunch. ... The establishing of rules and the defying of these rules has allowed society to grow and flourish...

• Word Count: 728
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Law is a system of rules used to govern a society and control the behaviors of its members. ... According to Thoreau Henry David "The practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and for a long period continue, to rule is not because they are most likely to be in the right, nor because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the strongest. But a government in which the majority rules in all cases cannot be based on justice, even as far as men understand it." If majority of people are willing to follow t...

• Word Count: 700
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Ninth Circuit Court ruled that the use of the thermal imager was not in violation of Kyllos privacy. ... With this criterion, the Supreme Court ruled that the government's use of thermal imagining was unconstitutional. ... The opinion of the court was that of a majority opinion. ... Of course, with the majority of all cases, there are some dissenting opinions. ... The court ruled justly in striking down the use of the thermal imager. ...

• Word Count: 1483
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I share the opinion of the majority of the world in thinking that democracy is the best form of government. ... Although this can sometimes be unstable, because of the differences in what the majority wants and what the minority wants, it still gives us the opportunity to voice our opinions and take action to get what we want to happen. ... The rules of enforced laws help to make democracy work. A set government with rules and consequences always helps to prevent chaos. ...

• Word Count: 391
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Instead, Britain's rule followed them to America and ruled the colonists from 1606 to 1788 . India was also ruled by the British. ... Although majority of American citizens are Christians and majority of Indians are Hindus, Americans and Indians all enjoy the freedom to worship to whichever God they choose, in whichever manner they choose to do so. ...

• Word Count: 508
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

One that protects the rights of minorities while attempting to serve the greater whole by relying on a majority vote. It is however not a democracy in the strict sense of the word, the majority does not always rule over the minority. It is what is known as a majority rule with minority rights. The majority vote cannot take away the rights of minorities (even though we know this is not true as we have seen time and time again minorities having rights taken away, ideologically it is not suppose to happen). ...

• Word Count: 813
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Between the years 1607 and 1766 the colonies were governed by British law, to the colonist there were many flaws in the rule but one which could not be overlooked would be the absence of "unalienable rights". ... D) The constitution itself was too shaky it only had one branch of government and was set to protect the commonwealth of the colonies, which was not easy with the rule of two thirds majority and only one vote per state. ... Along with the bill of rights there was a need for a constitutional conference and a better proportion of representative majority to pass laws. ...

• Word Count: 650
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The prime function of the judicial branch is to interpret the law in such a way that rules made in the past can be applied reasonably in the present. ... These rules were established so that justices would be free from political pressures that might influence their decision. ... One of the justices writes the majority opinion, a statement of the court's decision and its reasons. ... A justice who disagrees with the majority opinion may write a dissenting opinion. ... The court as crossed into areas traditionally left to that of the lawmaking majorities, so the legitimacy of the courts hav...

• Word Count: 802
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Vast empires come under the rule of despotism in many cases. There are not any rules governing inheritance or women and education promotes ignorance and fear. ... There would be so many people that no one group could gain a majority. The United States is so large and diverse that there is generally no single majority. ... In this way no one branch of government would have a large majority of power, as King Louis XIV was working on a tyranny. ...

• Word Count: 787
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Vast empires come under the rule of despotism in many cases. There are not any rules governing inheritance or women and education promotes ignorance and fear. ... There would be so many people that no one group could gain a majority. The United States is so large and diverse that there is generally no single majority. ... In this way no one branch of government would have a large majority of power, as King Louis XIV was working on a tyranny. ...

• Word Count: 846
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

However, these options do not follow the rule of law, do not rule by people. ... The rule of law has no exact definition. ... In this case the rule of law was broken down visibly. ... The President in America is the direct elector; his political party may be not the majority in the Congress. ... If the party has the majority seats in the Parliament, the leader of the party is the Prime Minster. ...

• Word Count: 1652
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

One reason is the type of people that went to each area, the rules made by each area, and what ideals and reasoning of the people when it came to gold. ... They will make rules and choices that will benefit everyone. ... Another reason the development was so different in this area was because the majority of people that came to this area were white, single males. ... Rules made in these areas would be made to benefit themselves personally. ...

• Word Count: 386
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

We live in a democratic nation where freedom reigns, as does the majority. This majority believes that cloning is wrong and immoral, and therefore the United States government has ceased federal funding for this type of research. They have not however, ruled out the possibility of private funding. ...

• Word Count: 392
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Even though the Native Americans see them as spiritual and done for respect the majority see it as a protest and them wanting to go to war. ... Native Americans tried to step outside the boundaries of the white Americans or the majority of the nation of the time, to make them go around the nations rules. ... They are deviant to the majority by the way they perform the societies issues and traditions. The political ways of their culture is they protest and have movements towards the majority. ... The psychology part of the Native American culture is they kept with their traditions and showed ...

• Word Count: 869
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In 1981 the Supreme Court ruled in R. v. ... The logic upon which Wray was based, and which led the majority in Rothman to conclude that a confession obtained by a police trick could not be excluded, finds no place in the Charter. To say there is no discretion to exclude a statement on grounds of unfairness to the suspect and the integrity of the judicial system, as did the majority in Rothman, runs counter to the fundamental philosophy of the Charter. ... Section 24(2) rejects the American rule that automatically excludes evidence obtained in violation of the Bill of Rights . . 9 Hebert...

• Word Count: 1175
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This angered the radical Republican majority who sought to punish the former rebels of the Confederacy. ... These people called the radicals swept the elections of November 1866, which resulted in two-thirds anti-Johnson majority in both the House and Senate. ... In March of 1867 the Radical Republicans came up with their own plan of Reconstruction to place southerners under Military rule, and those same laws were passed and placed some restriction on the President. ... On February 21, 1868, challenging the constitutionality of the Tenure of Office Act, Andrew Johnson issued an order removin...

• Word Count: 1370
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This is unique and beneficial but it really only works for the majority, not the minority. The reason why it only works for the majority is the majority of the votes decides what laws pass and what laws don't. ... With our government the majority rules, not the minority. ...

• Word Count: 741
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Many states have different rules about when alcohol can be sold, by whom, and on what days. ... Many states started out with strict laws especially on Sunday and have gradually changed these rules over time. ... After a lot of controversy, the alcohol rules were loosened for the games. ... In some areas the majority of the population is opposed to loose alcohol laws and there is not much incentive for the city, therefore X is larger then Y and the laws are not changed. ...

• Word Count: 476
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

G) the majority of the people were in accordance and agreed with the Act. ... These actions could have had him impeached but because the majority of the people were content with his actions, he was not. ... The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Warren Bridge. ...

• Word Count: 627
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Puritans of New England, the Friends of Pennsylvania , the Roman Catholics of Maryland and the Churchmen of Virginia, though often narrow in their theological views, manifested a common love of liberty, and acted upon the common rule that the majority should govern. ... These individuals came together to make a productive society that worked for the good of the majority, and not just for one particular social class. ...

• Word Count: 585
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Puritans of New England, the Friends of Pennsylvania , the Roman Catholics of Maryland and the Churchmen of Virginia, though often narrow in their theological views, manifested a common love of liberty, and acted upon the common rule that the majority should govern. ... These individuals came together to make a productive society that worked for the good of the majority, and not just for one particular social class. ...

• Word Count: 585
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Federal Government The Federal Government The three branches of the federal government provide a base for the way we live our lives. The process by which the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches operate is long, but necessary. Each branch has a duty to watch the others th...

• Word Count: 4055
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The act: put the South under military rule, dividing it into five military districts, each governed by a northern general; forced southern states to create a new constitution; allowed all qualified male voters to vote, including Blacks; banned southerners who supported the confederacy to vote; required equal rights for all citizens; and required states to accept the 14th Amendment. ... Even under military rule, Whites killed, beat, and burned any blacks they could find. ... In Louisiana and South Carolina, Blacks actually gained a majority of the seats. ... In many places, Blacks were the majo...

• Word Count: 1082
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Those who can actually be mocked though, are determined by those controlling a large majority of the combined powers of punishing and protecting both the joker and the laughingstock in the given audience. ... Actually, the rules are simple once understood. ... For one, most people in America are not overweight so they contribute a power of majority, two, many who are overweight do not believe it themselves so they also add to the power of majority. ...

• Word Count: 714
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Plantation owners were wealthy, but few in numbers, yet they held the majority of the land in the south. ... The majority of men in the South thought of slavery as an evil and the issue of slavery could have been ended if the plantation owners had not discovered the crop that made slave labor the main force behind the South-cotton. ... The middle class artisans were the majority in the urban centers of the North. ... This bill was ruled unconstitutional and was never passed but it had a lingering effect in Congress and on the American people. ... They now controlled the majority in the Hou...

• Word Count: 1167
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School