Constitutional law is quite powerful, it determines who has the power of government; how that power is to be executive; and the relationship between the state and the individual (Hubbard, Thomas and Varnham P33). ... Secondly, the government (executive) must be subject to the law - otherwise the government would be a tyranny. The government is a country's the heart; its action will affect the citizen seriously, so the government must be subject to the law, otherwise its citizen will be injured. ... When a military force get the government, it need estableish s stable government. ....

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The federal government regulates drugs through the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) (21 U.S.C. ... Therefore, whenever, there is a difference between the federal and state laws, the federal laws prevail. Although the federal government may use its power of the purse to encourage states to adopt certain criminal laws, the federal government is limited in its ability to directly influence state policy by the Tenth Amendment, which prevents the federal government from directing states to enact specific legislation, or requiring state officials to enforce federal law. ... Federal law trumps state ...

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The Legislative Branch, also known as Congress, is the official body that has the duty of writing government laws (pg.27). ... The Judicial Branch has the duty to interpret the law, apply the law and insure that justice is done (pg.64). ... The government is limited to how they can pass laws. Passing laws is not an easy process. ... It sets specific limits on the government that control the amount of power it should receive, such as three defined branches of the government that operate under a system of checks and balances and complex, detailed restrictions and a system of controlled parameter...

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In America the system of government is established basing on the Federalism. ... It means power is shared between the National and State government. ... The Federal supreme court shall be the final arbiter of legal disputes in the land and the laws made in each state cannot conflict with the national constitution. ... The Federal government is a democratic government. ... If the national government wants the state government to do something, it should give money or the like to the state government and it is the duty of the state government to realize the federal policies and objectives. ...

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The Federal Government The Federal Government The three branches of the federal government provide a base for the way we live our lives. ... The District courts are where most cases involving federal law begin. ... Many types of cases are heard in the district courts, including civil law (crimes against an individual) and criminal law (crimes against the public or state). ... A very small percentage of these cases, where parties believe mistakes in the law were made, move onto the U.S. ... Usually all these cases involve a question of constitutionality and federal law. ...

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The law has yielded mixed results. ... The government will provide matching funds for all monies raised from individual donors who contribute no more than $250. ... The law has yielded mixed results. ... The government also gives a lump-sum grant to each political party to help pay the costs of its nominating convention. In the general election the government pays all the costs of each candidate up to a limit set by law (which in 1996 that limit was $61.8 million for each major candidate and $29 million for Perot). ...

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Law: Gideon vs Wainright The framers formed this country with one sole document, the Constitution, which they wrote with great wisdom and foresight. ... Should legal counsel be provided by the government if the accused lacks the funds to assemble a counsel for his defense? ... In pursuit of an appeal, Gideon studied law books while serving out his sentence in state prison. ... Governments, both state and federal, quite properly spend vast sums of money to establish machinery to try defendants accused of crime. ... From the beginning, our state and national constitutio...

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Roman government is exactly like ours today. The Roman government is not exactly like ours today. ... Romans did not want one man to make all of the laws, so that is when they deeded to split the power of the government between three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial branch. ... Only men who owned land were allowed to have a say in the laws. ... There are a lot of ways that the Roman Government is not like the United States Government. ...

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law and was eventually adopted by 42 states as well as the federal government of the United States. ... But as this law was intended to balance the scales of justice, did it leave another unintended victim in its wake? ... laws came into effect. ... law was a content-based regulation that violated the First Amendment (Pember, p. 113). ... law was, in fact, unconstitutional and therefore, rightly overturned. ...

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Juries are used both in civil and criminal law. ... A lawyer cannot be a juror on the grounds that they have knowledge of law could cloud their assessment of the facts. ... Judges are appointed by the government of the day. ... The Police, the Director of Public Prosecutions or some other government body prosecutes these matters. ... Examples of civil cases include contract law, family law and tort law. ...

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The federal government collects an income tax from each citizen every year. ... As far as laws go, any federal law has superiority over the states. ... The state can create stricter laws, but not go against federal law. ... Any new laws begin as bills and originate in Congress. ... The judicial branch is in charge of enforcing the laws. ...

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Shay's Rebellion vividly illustrated the effects of a weak government. ... In his ruling Marshall held that federal law is supreme over state law, so much so that a state cannot tax an enterprise that was created by the federal government. ... Such powers arise when the interpret laws or the Constitution or extend the reach of existing laws to cover matters that had not been previously thought of. ... Laws must be enacted and enforced in a way that treats people equally. ... In 1965, Connecticut passed a law restricting married couples the use of contraceptives. ...

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Calhoun's theory of nullification would have allowed a state to declare a federal law null and void. ... Similarly in Alden v Maine (1999), the court held that state employees could not sue to force state compliance with federal fair-labor laws. ... For example, states have Police powers, which refer to the state powers to enact laws promoting health, safety, and morals. ... Other federal laws expose state and local governments to financial liability, and numerous federal court decisions and administrative regulations require state and local governments to do or not do various things, eit...

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The act enables every law enforcement agency to share their information with one another. ... "(3) This department coordinates all of the law enforcement agencies intelligence and accesses the possible threats to the United States. The Patriot Act allows the government to imprison any suspected terrorist without any legal representation. ... "Government prosecutors say that lawyers could become intermediaries who help communicate messages from their clients to the terrorist (4)." ... I think that there should be a check and balance on the federal government to make sure that they do not abuse ...

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The Articles of Confederation government was too weak, and a new, stronger government was needed. ... These two ideas are part of the basis of the government of America. ... Today, with the Constitution as its basis, this government is the strongest government in the world. ... Powers reserved to the states: create corporation laws, regulate trade within state, establish and maintain schools, establish local governments, make laws about marriage and divorce, conduct elections, and provide for public safety. ... Checks on the Legislative Branch: From Executive Branch: Can propose laws, can vet...

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There are two kinds of law in affect today, civil law and criminal law. ... The judicial branch is a very powerful and demanding branch of our government. ... This fact alone puts the judicial system above the other branches of government. ... When a federal criminal law is broken, but not a state law, the case is heard in a federal district court. ... As you can see, I believe that the judicial branch in our government is the strongest. ...

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The US Government The Public Policy: The Government of United States is very clear on its policy of its citizens freely permitted to carry guns. ... The Government in its wisdom has not further amended the gun policy. ... The report said "The report found that government agents who conduct background checks on prospective gun buyers do not look at international terrorist watch lists routinely used at border crossings and airports. In addition, federal law allows foreign visitors to the United States to purchase firearms after they have resided in the United States for 90 days, and mak...

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Neither level of government may pass a bill or law declaring an act illegal without a judicial trial. ... As a consequence, many states rewrite their death penalty laws. ... Today, most civil and criminal laws that govern the lives of Americans are state laws. State law also covers family law, traffic law and commercial law. ... If a state law offends the Constitution, the Supreme Court can declare them unconstitutional and also decide if the law conflicts with valid federal laws. ...

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Government's Opinion of Freedom Vs. ... In addition, it forbids congress from passing laws limiting worship. ... It says that congress shall make no law abiding the freedom of speech, or of press; or the right to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. ... Even so, there are numerous amounts of laws limiting the use of a firearm. ... The government also prohibits the hording of firearms. ...

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They are present from social media to by road billboard and are used to publicize anything to person varying posts in the government. ... Constitution provides that the congress cannot make laws that interfere with freedom of expression. ... Maybe the most noteworthy risk to the laws that controlled political ads promoted in the Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) marked into law by President George W. ... The communication laws on the political arena are not fair as the current law that requires media to treat political candidates better than other customers and organizations (Bates, 2014). C...

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The law, as it is, currently supplements all religious needs of all parties within the public school. ... Supreme Court ordered that all government sponsored religious activities be removed from public schools.... (Religion) Some groups of Christians still believe that this law should be furthered to where there is government sponsored prayers in class.... The law provides for all current needs of all parties. ... The atheist community is constantly trying to push God away from the government because that is what they believe is best for America. ...

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Therefore, the Federal Government can regulate the firings under the Commerce Clause. ... Laws and court cases challenging the extent of the Commerce Clause; began as soon as the Constitution was written. ... However, the State of New York and not the Federal government issued the patent. The case was debated on two issues: "whether the New York law violated Congress's constitutional power to regulate commerce, and whether New York law was inconsistent with Congress's constitutional power to grant patents" (Reynolds 7). ... An example of this would the 1960s Civil Right laws. ...

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Section 2703 of USC Title 18 is the section that instructs Internet Service Providers to keep a back-up record of your activities on-line with a court order from a government entity. Then after the government notifies the individual in question, the material is either used by the agency or is destroyed. ... This law has been called the Virginia Net Decency Act. It is similar to the CDA law that was proposed in Congress. ... Citing as precedent the Supreme Court case that prohibited an Arizona law that restricted train lengths to 14 cars, the ACLU got the law overturned. ...

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They decided that a federal government based on federalism would be the government for their new country. ... They passed several laws that were aimed at bringing the economy out of the gutter. ... This also gave the national government more powers and made it a stronger power in government. ... Preemptive legislation is when a state law is replaced by one that suit's the national government better. ... All that will happen is the benefits of laws and issues won't be for us but for the ones who step up and make something happen...

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(Woll 332) As the weakest authority of the branches of government, the Court is not able to take over, as was intended by the framers of the Constitution when developing the branches of government and imposing checks and balances. ... (Greenberg and Page 440-442) The government's public policy-making is not without external opinion and pressures. First of all, the government itself is an influence... The United States Supreme Court was fundamentally designed to interpret the Constitution, not make laws. ... For these reasons, The Supreme Court could never be too powerful, and is a v...

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