This plan was brought about to ensure that the most qualified person, not necessarily the most popular, would be selected by groups of electors, representing their states but also expressing their personal convictions. ... Most people believe that the only way to change the voting system is to pass an amendment to the constitution. ... In this method the states hold a popular election and the electoral votes are allocated by percentage. ... In a worse case scenario, a president can be elected with a minimum of 42% of the popular vote. ... I also believe that a majority of electors should n...

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One of the most misunderstood aspects of the Presidential election process is the electoral college. ... The Presidential candidate team who earns the most electoral votes will be named the next President and Vice President of the United States, even if the popular vote swings in the opposite direction of the Electoral College vote. ... All states, aside from Maine and Nebraska, hold to a "popular vote" / "electoral vote" bond. This bond states that the state will offer their electoral votes to the candidates who win the popular vote. ... Due to recent troubles with the electoral college...

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Each branch should be, for the most part, in Madison's opinion, independent. ... Beard argues that the Constitution was essentially an economic document based upon the concept that the fundamental private rights of property are anterior to government and morally beyond the reach of popular majorities. ...

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The Federalist Paper was published in many papers but most urban newspaper at that time. ... Although he wasn't as popular as the other two men, John Jay also contributed to the establishment of five of the eighty-five essays. ... At first, Hamilton started the main idea and outlined the series of topics to be discussed, and directed most of them in fifty-one of the letters. Madison's Twenty-nine letters have demonstrated to be the most unforgettable in their balance and ideas of governmental power. ...

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Battle of Trenton (1776) Treachery and escape of Benedict Arnold. (1780) Headed a light infantry battalion in the Battle of Yorktown. (1781) Jay's Treaty (1794-96) His success defines the American dream of civil mobility; rising from poverty and obscurity to recognition as one of the most prominent figures in American politics through his motivation and intellect. ... In this way, he strongly influenced the creation of the New York Stock Exchange, which is currently the world's largest and most influential market in both international and domestic trade and commerce. Role as a Polemi...

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The range of independence held by states is a very disputable question which historically raised many conflicts (the most vivid being the American Civil War). ... However this method of judge selection doesn't seem very popular, 28 states authorize governor to appoint judges to fill mid-term vacancies. ... Merit selection is the most professional and just way of choosing a judge in a state court system. ... Merit selection promotes candidates that are the most professional, experienced and trust-worthy. ... As far as appointment method is concerned, candidates who are popular, well-connec...

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Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and diplomat, and one of the most important authors of the U.S. ... He was one of the youngest and most brilliant members of this congress. ... In 1778, he was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress, and served as chairman of some of the Congress's most important standing committees. ... He was the most popular American in Paris. ... He was an extreme Federalist partisan and one of President Thomas Jefferson's most severe critics. ...

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The most notable effect, the gridlock experienced by our government officials when the two coteries are at an impasse, results in a compromise, but one that does not always manifest itself quickly or politely. This gridlock occurs most frequently when one faction's impression of the other party's intentions and desired outcome based on dissenting points of interest. ... Can popular government be sustained despite the continuation of war by other means, that is, the critical difference of interest? If our elected officials are able to put the labels (Democrat and Republican) aside and...

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Did you know that the famous scientist and astronomer Galileo was censored? Censorship is not as recent as most people think. The Roman Catholic Church has been censoring material that they feel is inappropriate since the Middle Ages, including secular music and philosophical viewpoints of the wor...

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Prison and church reform were also popular causes as people observed the injustices in prisons and viewed certain churches with disdain while American's sought a different salvation and turned to revivals and camp meetings. ... These reformers often included most church reformers and women's rights activists. The church reformers were not only anti-alcohol, they also found fault with the current status of most churches during this time. ... Perhaps the most involved and important reform movement was abolitionism. ... (see document F) This movement was headed by people who wished ...

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This phase was creating a popular republic with the Declaration of Independence. ... He starts with the first ten, known by most as the bill of rights. ... Most of the constitution is rights that can not be taken away without a fight. ...

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James Madison was one of the leading and most important architects of this most important document. ... It would make the position equal rather than being more popular in one state only because they pay more. ...

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The United States Supreme Court has often played a major role in expanding constitutional liberties in the United States. There was Plessy vs. Ferguson, where Homer Adolph Plessy, who was seven-eighths Caucasian, took a seat in a "whites only" car of a Louisiana train and once he refused to move to ...

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The list of books that have been banned is quite extensive, including Fahrenheit 451, To Kill A Mockingbird, Catcher In The Rye, Gone With The Wind, and many other classics that most former students and readers remember fondly (Frequently). ... Anyone with the desire to read books should not be hindered in doing so, as reading is becoming less and less popular today. ...

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Assemble and Associate The first amendment of the Constitution is one of the most fundamental and essential appendages to the C onstitution that statesmen could ever have made. ... One of the most important of those freedoms however, is the right of association. ... The right of association is utterly the most important principle in the issue of the Boy Scouts of America and their right to be selective in their requirements of leadership. ... The First Amendment protects expression, be it of the popular variety or not." ... The right of association is powered by choice, the most s...

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They will be taking part in one of our oldest and most powerful democratic traditions. ... This once popular description of the jury is long out of date. ... Most cases are completed in a few days. ... Most of us think of criminal cases as those involving violence - such as murder, assault, rape, or robbery. ...

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At age nineteen, John was a popular lieutenant in a local militia. ... The chief justice is the most important judicial figure in U.S. history. ... The most famous case before the Court during that time was McCulloch versus Maryland in 1819. ...

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It is arguably the most important part of the U.S. ... On April 16, 1996, Oprah Winfrey devoted one of her shows to "Mad Cow Disease- the popular name for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a degenerative neurological disease of cattle. ...

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Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) are clear violations of our Constitutional rights. In the United States of America, people have the right to free speech and education. Censorship is a violation of t...

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The Internet is a method of communication and a source of information that is becoming more popular among those who are interested in, and have the time to surf the information superhighway. ... Cyberpunks, those most popularly associated with the Internet, are members of a rebellious society that are polluting these networks with information containing pornography, racism, and other forms of explicit information. ...

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The case is one of the most influential cases in Supreme Court history. ... This federal bank was not very popular because it competed with the state banks for customers and it set limits on state and private loans" (McCulloch Vs. ...

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