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. ... The most famous section of the United States Constitution is the Bill of Rights. ... The first section of the Fourteenth Amendment states "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. ... By holding the states to the rights as guaranteed in the Constitution, power is basically be...

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Each branch has a duty to watch the others through a process of checks and balances mandated by the Constitution of the United States. ... Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution specifies these cases. ... The United States is divided into 11 separate circuits. ... Constitution states, "all legislative powers herein granted, shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives."" ... The Senate (Upper House) is based upon equal representation among the states. ...

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Due process refers to the means, guaranteed by the Constitution, for insuring that the government provides justice to its citizens in all legal proceedings. ... These due process rights derive from the fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth Amendments to the Constitution. ... One large principle of due process in relation to the criminal justice system is in the fourth amendment of the U.S Constitution. ... The fifth amendment of the U.S Constitution states "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in ...

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The establishment of an effective Judicial System in the United States of America has come with numerous challenges over the past centuries. ... Nothing within the Constitution exclusively states that the Supreme Court's opinion is superior to the state court's, and nothing within the Constitution states that the Supreme Court has the capability of judicial review on acts generated by the legislature. ... The understanding of these time periods will bring a clearer representation on how vital the Supreme Court has been to the success of the United States. ... This outlook, however...

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Because my intended audiences are telecommunication class 605, my analysis will be confined to the portions that deal with telecom and its effect; it will also touch on the fourth amendment right guaranteed in the constitution. ... The fourth amendment states that: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized...

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Others consider the Constitution to have looser understanding and there needs to be room for different analyses. ... The Establishment Clause broadly states that the government cannot use public funds for religious purposes and does not permit states to provide finical aid, or any other form of support to any religious organizations. ... The Constitution does not give "obligation on the states to provide schools, and does not undertake to regulate state systems of education if they see fit to maintain them" (Jackson) yet the stat systems are not allowed "school policy any more t...

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Although prisoners do not have full Constitutional rights they are protected by the Constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. ... The US Constitution gives female inmates privacy rights that prevent male officers from "pat-down searching" them. ... The framers of the Constitution did not give us specific instructions on what was to be considered cruel and unusual punishment. Our Constitution is a "living" constitution - one that changes and adapts with the times. ... In one case, United States v. ...

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Abortion is ethical, because as citizens of the United States of America, each person is given unalienable rights that can not be infringed upon by religious communities or the government. ... Constitution (Roe vs. ... Even religious groups have spoken in favor of abortion: the United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ, the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church, and the Unitarian Universalist Association all publicly support abortion. ... As the pro-life movement is becoming more popular in the United States, many people are demanding new state legislation on abortion. Several ...

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In the United States, people of lower social and economic rank usually face execution more often than those who are rich or of high social standings. In the United States, members of minority groups have less economic resources and thus usually can't afford the best possible defense and therefor have been disproportionately affected by the death penalty. ... Many people that opposed the death penalty saw this as a violation of the Eighth Amendment, which states that " cruel and unusual punishments [shall not be] inflicted. " Still, the electric chair eventually became the most p...

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Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. ... In 1952 the Supreme Court was approached by four states, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware, along with the District of Columbia, challenging the segregation in public schools. ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) took up the case along with similar cases in the four other states. ... And here, on the sidewalk outside was a gang of white boys come to heckle, a ragtag rabble, slack-jawed, b...

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Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, led his 2000 presidential campaign with education at the top of his agenda. ... As a part of a larger movement towards school choice, the school voucher systems have been proposed in several states and cities across the nation including Milwaukee, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, however, the motion was not passed in all cities into which they were introduced. ... The expanded program met immediate legal challenges, and by June 10, 1998, the Supreme Court of the state of Wisconsin ruled that the expanded Milwaukee voucher program -...

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(Question 1) Juvenile delinquency is a complex social problem that significantly impacts all members and processes of a social structure. Delinquency refers to a set of behaviors that are not in line with the collective practices and/or ethics of the dominant social group. Essentially, these b...

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