Marshall believed that although the framers of the Constitution did not explicitly write the power of judicial review into the constitution, it was what the framers intended. ... The close of the war brought the Industrial Revolution and new found problems to our country and government. ... In addition to these two problems, the court also found itself involved in protecting commercial interests from governmental regulation. ... In fact, the notion that the judiciary would have the power to review and overturn an act of Congress was discussed at the Constitutional Convention, but the framers f...

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He took it for granted that the original intent of the framers was relevant in determining the meaning of the Constitution. ... In discussing the problem of habeas corpus suspension, as we have seen, Lincoln referred to the "letter & spirit" of the constitutional clause authorizing irregular arrests under certain conditions. Even though it would be difficult to establish an agreed upon meaning for the "spirit of the Constitution, Lincoln was probably correct in using the term to refer generally to the purposes and intentions of the framers as expressed in the Constitution itself (Burgess,99). ...

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A decade had passed after operating under the articles of the Confederation when the framers of the Constitution realize that the states had too much power over their citizens, as a result they created a form of government that balances the powers of the states and the central government, with the central government in charge of the important decisions. ... Later on, in 1933 Roosevelt became president of the country and promised a "New Deal" under which the government would intervene to reduce the problems caused by this economic phenomenon.  ... This amend is useful to avoid probl...

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(American Government , Page number 51) Historically there were two views about federalism in the United States by the framers of the constitution. ... Stated in general terms, mandates seem reasonable enough, however, some mandates create administrative and financial problems. ... Thus, free federal money was not free after all since the federal government started passing laws to meet national concerns, leaving the cities and states to pay the bills and manage the problems. ...

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" - It is a punishment originally understood by the Framers of the Constitution to be cruel and unusual - There is societal consensus that the punishment offends civilized standards of human decency... There has been research conducted on the 91 juveniles who had been sentenced to death between 1973 and 1991 found that: - Almost half of those sentenced had troubled family histories and social backgrounds and problems such as physical abuse, unstable childhood environments, and illiteracy...

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The establishment of an effective Judicial System in the United States of America has come with numerous challenges over the past centuries. What is thought of as "probably the most important and the most satisfactory Act ever passed by Congress," the Judiciary Act of 1789 created for the people a...

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