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The ERA measure won congressional approval in 1972 as the 27th Amendment, but it had to be ratified by at least 38 states to become a law. ... Unfortunately the fight was lost in 1982, when the ERA was defeated when only 35 states had passed the measure, three short of the 38 required for ratification. ...
The ERA measure won congressional approval in 1972 as the 27th Amendment, but it had to be ratified by at least 38 states to become a law. ... Unfortunately the fight was lost in 1982, when the ERA was defeated when only 35 states had passed the measure, three short of the 38 required for ratification. ...
"The measure of the British crimes is running over", Lee announced, "and the barbarous spoliation of the East is crying to heaven for vengeance against the destroyers of the human race." ... That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effective measures of forming foreign alliances. ... A member of one of Virginia's most prestigious families, Richard Henry Lee had unrelentingly advocated the most radical measures in the pre-Revolution protests against British infringements on colonial rights. ...
Unsatisfied with the moderate Reconstruction program enacted by the 39th Congress, radicals continued to press for more thorough measures, impeachment was one of them." ... But this is an extreme measure and the republicans are limiting themselves...to binding Andrew Johnson firmly with good brand new laws. ...
The "Acts and Resolution of South Carolina", said that if the national government does not do anything to prevent the postal service from delivering papers that might cause the slaves to rebel, South Carolina could take it's own "measures" to prevent these papers from being distributed. ...
The film A More Perfect Union: America Becomes A Nation, is a reenactment of the Constitution Congress and its members struggle to form a new government. The film shows America in 1787 as a country in crisis. It portrays America as a newly independent nation lacking stability. A cent...
Some arguments against the enforcement of school uniforms are that uniforms are just an extreme measure of the school's dress codes, whether or not school violence would lessen if student were made to wear uniforms, and that uniforms take away a child's First Amendment rights. ...
At the Constitutional Congress both Northern and Southern delegates sought to block paper money and tender laws, two measures tied to back country discontent and insurrection. To guard against the two measures, convention members proposed that no state shall "coin money, emit bills of credit, making anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts"19 The next consequence of Shays" Rebellion on the Constitution is the need for the national government to have a standing army. ...
John Marshall was a defender of the constitution and chief justice of the United States. He was a careless record keeper who simply did not believe the records of his life worth preserving. However, he influenced to the constitution and the United States a lot, so people wanted to study about him....
Every so often, a man of true passion is born. A man exceedingly dedicated to his principles, and very firm in his beliefs. Samuel Adams was such a man. Adams was a patriot, and one of the more influential men in the colonies. However, even as a patriot, he did not support the Constitution. How coul...
I belief that if it is a person wants to burn the flag for even the stupidest reason he should be able to do so with out any percussions. There should not be any reason for the government to prohibit the burning of flags On June 22, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved HJR 303 codifying ...
ESSAY: Qualities of Good Citizens: A good citizen should provide a home that is loving and secure towards his or her family. They should also use common sense and consider other people's points of view in order to help prevent serious conflict. A good citizen respects people's rights and s...
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" (Bill of Rights, Article II). The Second Amendment has been a major issue in American politics. In question is the intent of this Amendment. Was it mean...
Benjamin Franklin America has never and will never forget Benjamin Franklin, because he would "write things worth reading or do things worth the writing." He wrote as much as he possibly could and became famous for doing many things. Benjamin stands alone as the only person to have signed all fou...
"So Cowardly and For These Vile Guns." Shakespeare Shortly after eleven o"clock on April 20th, 1999, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, two outcast students walked in through the cafeteria door carrying with them shotguns, rifles, and pipe bombs. They went on a rampage killi...
Freedom is not free; but how much freedom are citizens willing to compromise for safety? Although tough legislations and new security measures contribute to protecting citizens, the Patriot Act is clearly unlawful and reduces many of the freedoms of American citizens. In a country where there are su...
Woman suffrage is the right of women to vote. Today, women in nearly all countries have the same voting rights as men. But they did not begin to gain such rights until the early 1900's, and they had to overcome strong opposition to get them. Reading Jailed for Freedom has been like peeking into a window of history while this struggle raged. Doris Stevens wrote this book in 1920, after she had been a participant in the struggle for women's rights. ...
THURGOOD MARSHALL During the 20th century I have read many books, newspaper articles and seen news broadcasts on two of the most famous Afro American Pioneers: Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall. Martin Luther King fought all his life for equal rights for Afro Americans, but Thurgood Marshall help elevate the Afro American civil rights struggles through legal precedents and timely court decisions. Thomas G. Kraftenmaker a professor of Constitutional law at Georgetown University Law Center wrote, "When I think of great American lawyers I think of Thurgood Marshall, Abe Lincoln and Dani...
In January of 1973, the United States Supreme Court decided on the case of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed.2d 147. The Decision made by the United States Supreme Court gave every woman a federal constitutional right to an abortion. Since that decision in 1973, the issue of abortion has been at the center of much controversy and has left many Americans divided over the issue of abortion. As the legal scholar Ronald Oworkin once said, "No judicial decision in our time has aroused as much sustained public outrage, emotion, and physical violence or as much intemperate professi...