That issue was Voter ID laws--laws that are put in place by states which would require voters to show some type of identification before being allowed to cast their votes. ... This bill increased federal election requirements by stating that first-time voters who registered by mail must provide some type of identification prior to their first time voting in person. ... In 2011 alone, at least 34 of the 50 states proposed some type of legislature requiring voters to show identification. 14 of these states already had some type of legislature in place, and wanted to make the policies stricter,...

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• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The second amendment which reads, "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.... It was the first test of the radical potential of the militia after the Revolutionary war. ... The anti-Federalist believed that every individual should be allowed to carry their own firearm in the case that if they were attacked they could be quick to defend themselves rather than have to wait for a long time for the federal army to arrive.The debate between the Federalist and Non-Federalist over the type ...

• Word Count: 1918
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One of the biggest early tests of incorporation was the case of Barron v Baltimore. ... Miller pointed to the Privileges and Immunities Clause as the basis, saying that is what separated the two types of citizenship in the Constitution. ...

• Word Count: 2594
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Literally, it states: 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 Bradley, a democratic representative running in the 2000 Presidential race, believes that as long as the nation places restrictions banning certain types of guns and ammo, that a community with guns remains philosophically sound (Bradley). ...

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Part I: Provide a history of the formation of the constitution and of early American government through Jefferson's Presidency. Conclude this section with a description of the structure of American government [all branches] and politics at that time. The history of American government starts several year before there was even an American government with a series of events mainly between the British colonies and Great Britain developing into problems that would cause a change of power to the colonists themselves. Under British rule colonists were required to feed and quarter British so...

• Word Count: 3055
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate