When the United States was a young country, almost all of its population was concentrated on the eastern seaboard. ... With both of these systems and usually only two candidates in the United States, 49% of the voting population does not get represented. ... This has kept a close balance between the population of the state and the amount of representation it may possess throughout reapportionment. ... Constitution demands that a Census of the Population be taken every ten years for this purpose. ... Since 1976, in fact, the Democrats have only won two elections in 1976 and 1992, when thei...

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The issue of limited prison space gains significance greatly when you consider an estimated sixty-percent of prison population is serving time on drug conviction. ... (Duke) As of 1992 an estimated sixty million people have tried and or used marijuana and there has yet to be one recorded death attributed to overdose. ... These are significant numbers considering that sixty percent of the prison population has been jailed due to drug violations. ...

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The First Amendment – indeed the entire Bill of Rights – was not included in the Constitution when it was written in 1787. However, the issue of a listing of rights that could not be infringed upon by the new, stronger national government became a key in the ratification debates. Those suppor...

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Nevertheless, estimates of the homeless population in the United States in 2013 range from 610,042 people (Henry, et al.) to 3.5 million people (NSCHH). ... Stephanie Goldberg explains why the courts found a 1992 Santa Ana, California ordinance prohibiting camping unconstitutional in her article, "Homeless Victory," The court held that the ordinance infringed on the right to travel by giving the homeless two choices – to go to jail or move to another town. ...

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The general method required the consent of the Senate and House of Commons and of the legislatures of two-thirds of the provinces, provided those comprised fifty percent of the population of Canada (Cairns 1991). ...

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LIBERTARIANISM Two hundred and twelve years ago thirty nine signatures spoke, gracing its delicate spaceless yet palatial surface with the ease and wave of a single downy bowed quill. Seventeen hundred and eighty seven was the year that the most momentous document in the United States history as well as posterity was created, approved and just two years later instituted as the foundation for a fledging yet promising nation destined for greatness. It was a great concept envisioned by extraordinary men, a system in which the people of the land reign, governing through democratically ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate