John Dickinson was working diligently on the first constitution that would unify the thirteen colonies into a loose confederation known as the United States of America. ... Under the Articles of Confederation, the United States was established as a loose confederation of 13 independently sovereign states with a weak central government and a unicameral legislature called the Confederation Congress. ... The result of the Constitutional Convention was, of course, the Constitution of the United States. ... The Constitution also included the Bill of Rights, which guaranteed liberties and rights to ...

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In order to identify the flaws that existed in The Articles of Confederation, I will compare them to the Constitution of The United States of America. ... The Constitution had also set up a system to ensure that the each state would not unfairly tax the products of it's neighboring states. ... The Constitution, however set up two houses in it's Congress. ... This gave an equal representation to both the citizens of The United States and the states themselves. ... This created boundary disputes between states and also led to some states entering into negotiations with...

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The Articles of Confederation was ratified in 1781 and was later superseded by the Constitution of the United States in 1789. ... This resulted in the Annapolis Convention of 1786 and the Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787, which drafted the Constitution of the United States. ... Without such important documents as the Declaration of Independence, the Confederation of Articles and the Constitution of the United States, America would not have emerged as great a nation as it is perceived today. ... The Constitution of the United States (1787) on the other hand, was written to create or...

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Delegates from the smaller states feared that a government under the Virginia Plan would give the larger states much more power than the smaller, less populated states. ... The election of senators through state legislatures; electors, not the people directly, electing the president pleased the smaller states and made ratification of the new constitution possible. ... Black slaves constituted 1/3 of the population in southern states and the Constitution's failure to address the issue of slavery was a deception to the promises of the Declaration of Independence and the ideas of Locke. Th...

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With the implement of the Constitution, the United States government became effective. ... The beauty of the Constitution was that it allowed for these mistakes. Instead of the outrageous unanimous vote of states to change it, two-thirds of Congress and then three-fourths of the states must approve. ... Nonetheless, they were a necessary step in laying the foundation for the construction of the Constitution. It showed the basic ideas of democracy, and the Constitution was used in the expansion and enforcing of those ideas. ...

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Beard presented an innovative monograph in 1913 when his book, An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, was first printed by the Free Press of New York, New York. ... However, Beard feels as though this force also could be used for ill; he describes this use when he states, "The army and navy are to be not only instruments on defence in protecting the United States against the commercial and territorial ambitions of other countries; but they may be used also in forcing open foreign markets." ... This was a hassle and one that the constitution hoped to fix. It sol...

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There were some good things that happened while the United States was governed by the Articles of Confederation. ... Constitution was written. Ratifying the Constitution - Arguments for and Against People against the constitution were the Anti-Federalists. ... Several arguments were voiced repeatedly during the ratification debates: That the Convention had exceeded its authority in producing a new constitution; That the Constitution established the basis for a monarchical regime; That the Constitution lacked explicit protections for individual and states rights. ... The Constitution was ratif...

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Even though the United States was breaking away from a society based on class system, an elite group of men formed known as the Founding Fathers. ... The Articles of Confederation established a firm league of friendship among the states; however, it did not contain crucial elements such as the power of Congress to levy taxes. ... The new Constitution had a huge impact on the elites of America. The power to levy taxes was given which enabled the national government to end its dependence upon states. ... The Founding Fathers believed that giving Congress control over currency and credit in t...

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The powers of the national government are enumerated and empowered in the United States Constitution. ... " The Supreme Court of the United States has reviewed several court cases to determine "whether this expansion of national power is consistent with the constitutional design of the Founders or whether it undermines the federal system established by the Constitution.... Dagenhart filed the lawsuit that made its way and was reviewed by the United States Supreme Court. ... The States did not delegate the authority of intrastate commerce in the Constitution to the federal government...

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The Articles of Confederation was the first documentation of the beginning structure of the United States government, which held together the 13 colonies who had just fought in the Revolutionary War. The Articles of Confederation only lasted for 8 years (March 1, 1781 to March 4, 1786) till the Continental Congress decided to create a new Constitution to cover the failures of the old Articles. ... If there was ever a foreign power to attack the United States when it was under the Articles of Confederation, the nation would have been doomed. ... John Jay sent instructions to the US Minister to...

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Milkis Paper The Constitution of the United States makes no mention of political parties, yet parties began to form shortly after its ratification. ... The Neutrality Proclamation in 1793, an act in which the Washington administration declared that the United States would enter no war, compelled Jefferson and Madison to take action. He claimed that according to the Constitution, the power to declare war is not in the hands of the President but in those of Congress. ... This philosophy was followed by Jackson's decision to strip away many powers of the federal government as exemplified b...

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Interest groups, "An organized group of individuals or organizations that make policy-related appeals to the government" (Lowie et al 397), are sometimes called the unofficial fourth branch of the United States government, but are they useful or harmful for our nations democracy. ... From the founding of the constitution farmers were worried that, "Power could be wielded by organized interests and that the public good would be 'disregarded in the conflict of rival [fractions]'" (Lowi et al 396). ... This theory is that a constitution encourages many different in...

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Out of their utter distrust of a centralized government, due to their association with the English monarchial system, the drafters deliberately established these articles as a loose confederation of states, rather than a firmly united nation. ... Under the authority of the Confederation, the United States began to introduce itself in the global scene. The United States determined its place in the community of nations by establishing diplomatic relations and its participation in the world economy. ... However, despite the flaws and setbacks imposed by the Articles, the fledgling Congress proved...

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The Thirteenth Amendment became the final step in completely abolishing slavery as an institution in the United States. ... A year later, in 1866, the Civil Rights Act was introduced, declaring all blacks to be citizens of the United States. ... Later, it would become part of the Fourteenth Amendment, an addition which would prove to be most essential to the Constitution. ... For so many years, blacks had been loyal the United States government and still received lesser rights than the white population. ...

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Martin Zhao University of International Relations November 30, 2003 Opponents Of Gay Marriage Divided A broad array of religious groups and conservative political activists has united behind the idea of a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. ... Although they are early in the process of trying to win a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress and ratification by three-quarters of the states, some conservatives worry that the political clock is ticking and the drive to amend the Constitution will be doomed unless they can reach consensus. ... The leading text, and the ...

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The Act will grant federal and state law enforcement agencies multiple liberties and monies to protect the United States from acts of terrorism. ... The Act grants the President the authority to confiscate any property of any foreign persons or organizations involved with or participating in acts of terrorism against then United States. ... The provision above states that an alien can be detained past the usual 48 hours if he is a suspected terrorist. ... Jessie Choper, a constitutional-law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, states, "In the past, Congress has done much m...

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These issues as well as neutrality issues between France, England, and the United States were the catalyst for the forming of the Republican Party. ... Two of the commissioners returned to the United States with Elbridge Gerry staying behind to see if he could work something out. This became known as the XYZ affair and was the beginning of an undeclared naval war between France and the United States. ... Edward Livingston, in opposing the bill said, "If we are ready to violate the Constitution, will the people submit to our unauthorized acts? ... They began to accuse him of being in league wit...

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In the time previous to that, the nation had raised its wartime armies primarily through the United States volunteers. ... "The United States must activate Selective Serice and once again induct the youth of this nation into military service," says former combat correspondent and Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Segel. ... Roberts says that he has always blieved that the United States should have universal military training for all young people, and many times in our history he has believed^that we should have a military draft. ... Representative of th 14th Congressional District of Texas in ...

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The United States of America falls short of a legitimate democracy. ... This characteristic is beginning to diminish in the United States; an example of such is the Lawrence & Garner v. ... In reality, they interpret laws and the Constitution using their power of judicial review, the power explicitly given to them in Marbury v. ... The legitimacy of the United States government is limited, but in a system of government which was designed with abundant loopholes, complete democracy is most likely impossible....

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In the United States, prejudice has led to the lynching of blacks, bombing of synagogues, the massacre of Native Americans, the illegal imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the harassment of homosexuals, and other violent acts against minority groups. ... DIFFERENT FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION Throughout United States history many other groups have suffered racial and religious discrimination. ... Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not protect private homosexual relations among consenting adults. ... International efforts to combat discrimination were minimal until th...

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One would establish strict limits on the President's power to take the country into war without specific authorization by Congress, in pursuance of the power to declare war given to the Congress by the Constitution. ... When the Constitution was being written, Congress was first given the power to make war, but this was changed to declare. ... The Senate bill sought to disarm White House opposition by exempting the Indo-China war and it did not apply to "hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States are involved on the effective date of this Act." ... The President was allo...

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There was some fear that, in the event of strong antislavery legislation, the Southern states might withdraw from the Union altogether. ... The Compromise of 1850 accomplished what it set out to do: it kept the nation united, but the solution was only temporary. ... Through a Southern rigging of the ballot, a state constitution passed permitting slavery, despite free-soilers outnumbering proslavery citizens by three to one. ...

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For the first 125 years of American history under its new Constitution, citizen representatives in Congress and in the White House governed us. ... Eleven years after the first successful initiative, term limits have affected more than 700 legislative seats in 11 states. ... The Constitution requires a national census every ten years. ... (teachers union), $2.32; United Auto Workers, $2.23; AFSCME (public employee union), $1.95; Nat'l Automobile Dealers, $1.78; National Rifle Assoc., $1.74; and the Letter Carriers, $1.71 million. ... Across the term-limited states the composition of the l...

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The United States of America, the most powerful country, one of the superpowers, the most diverse country in the world, considered to have a stable and democratic government was disrespected by their own political leaders. ... The President of the United States has been breaking the law for four years, and accepted that was breaking it, and continue on doing it without any interference of any other branch. ... In this case, we are talking about one of the superpowers of the world, the biggest government with a spotlight on it, where the President of the United States is the most famous perso...

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The bill was pushed through Congress by House majority leader Dick Armey, DOMA was passed by the Senate on September 10, 1996 by a vote of 85-14. the various states and federal government to decide whether same sex marriages should be recognized within their respective jurisdictions. The Defense of Marriage Act states that, no state need give effect to a marriage recognized by another state if the marriage involves two people of the same sex, allowing the various states and federal government to decide whether same sex marriages should be recognized within their respective jurisdictions. ...

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