Essays on Civil liberties

A liberal democracy is a system of governing a country. It is one in which the citizens of the country have total freedom and equality. In a liberal democracy, the legislature, executive and the judiciary are kept separate to avoid power resting in one place. There are many features which make up a liberal democracy,…

There is an ever going debate over whether or not the need for security trumps the right to certain civil liberties. Since the beginning of the United States, civil liberties have been infringed upon to allow for a more secure nation. “When the French threatened American sovereignty on the high seas in 1798, John Adams…

Answers to Questions The Most Important Bill of Rights               Amendment I regarding freedom of speech (or expression of oneself), religion, press, and the right for assembly and petitioning the government for a redress of grievances is the bill of right, which I considered most important.  These rights are inherent to a democratic society….

Is America stupid or just selective? When I initially reviewed the questions on the survey, I predicted that there would be a higher percentage of right answers on the pop culture questions than the civic literacy questions. After I compiled the data, I was pleasantly surprised to find that more interviewees got the civic questions…

Human Rights: Yet another commodity for the new society or a necessity?As one stands on the doorsteps of a new millennium, one can only imagine the future ahead. With the globalization movement making its way around the world, issues such as human rights are coming up, and are becoming international issues of concern rather than…

UTION AND GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMWithin the framework of democratic capitalism, the American Constitution and government structure have a fundamentally liberal backbone. Viewed as a social contract, the relationship between the state and the individual is expressed in the Constitution which dictates the liberal values intrinsically woven into American history. Combined with the Bill of Rights, the…