The United States Constitution was one of the most revolutionary documents of all time. ... However over time, the Constitution began to apply to the states as well as the federal government. Looking back at what changed is a rather long process, but an important one as it is quite possibly the most important legal development in the history of the United States government. The most famous section of the United States Constitution is the Bill of Rights. ... When we talk about incorporation of the amendments of the Constitution, we are mainly talking about the Bill of Rights. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Each branch has a duty to watch the others through a process of checks and balances mandated by the Constitution of the United States. ... Judicial Branch Our Judicial branch of government is defined in Article III of the Constitution and by Congress. ... Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution specifies these cases. ... The Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. and the only court specifically mentioned in the Constitution(Article III). ... Gore; 2001) and debating the original intention on the Constitution are all ways the Supreme Court has become an activist court. ...

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The constitution gave our government a limited, an enumerated and a delegated right to act, dispensing power between three balanced branches. Then came an amendment to the constitution, the Bill of Rights. ... In direct correlation with our nation's constitution is a political philosophy know as libertarianism. ... As our constitution has it's founding fathers so does the Libertarian movement. ... Government, over the span of our sententious history has taken on more and more of one thing: power. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate