They believed that state governments were more likely to protect the people's liberties than the central government. In the opinion of many Republicans, the government should work to support the interest of ordinary citizens who were the majority. ... Ultimately, we will see that at the heart of the matter, the two political parties were formed because they disagreed on how much power the central government should have and how capable the people were in governing themselves. ... He believed if you allowed undelegated powers then there would be no end to the list of what other powers the ...

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All of these atrocities are policy changes and were meant to protect us from a tactic of war. ... Many American citizens reasoned that because we assumed the government was breaking our civil liberties then why does it matter now? To answer this question, we didn't know then, but now we have concrete evidence that America is transforming into a police state. ... There are many problems with this argument is argument. ... If a person does have something they want to keep private it's none of my business and neither the governments. ...

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In fact, in 1976, Alaska's three electoral votes were representative of 123,545 voters, meaning that the state of Alaska's ratio for electoral votes to actual votes was 1 to 41,182. ... Should no candidate have a majority of the vote, there should be a run-off between the two most popular candidates. ... None of these arguments is viable today. ... There is very little interest in "states" rights" in this day and age. ... If the fraud is large enough to tip the election one way or the other, then the "winner take all" arrangement of the Electoral College actually magnifies the ef...

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If none of the candidates receive 270 votes then the 12th Amendment dictates that the House of Representatives will determine the president. ... The Electoral College was a solution for the problems that were relevant when it was first established. ... However, there are some drawbacks to the Electoral College, in terms of campaign effects, that outweigh the benefits. If a popular vote were instated instead of the Electoral College, then campaigning would broaden to every state, because every vote would make an ample difference. ... If national popular vote, instead of the Electoral College, ...

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Then too, as with the undeclared war in Vietnam, this was a bi-partisan phenomenon. ... In the House there were more than a dozen bills to limit the President's war-making powers. ... Both bills were extremely cautious in their draftsmanship, but in different ways. ... These contingencies were not covered by the Javits-Stennis-Eagleton bill. ... None of these war powers bills, when enacted, would make much difference if Congress was as limp-wristed as it had been proven in the past. ...

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It has been observed that wherever armies go there follows sexual commerce along with rape, sexual abuse, and prostitution. ... These women were called comfort women they often times were very young females of various ethnic backgrounds and social circumstances. ... While there is no trafficking of women comfort women are still in existence. ... None of these explanations, however, condone the commodification of women. ... There is a possibility that soldiers use prostitution as proving their strength and dominance by sexual and physical abuse. ...

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