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People who lawfully live in a country who believed they had, or should have, protection against the states under the Bill of Rights included almost all of the 39th Congress. In fact, though they differed on the question of whether the Congress has the power to enforce the Bill of Rights against the states, almost…

The congressional caucus has a history dating back to 1787, when the method for selecting presidential candidates was established. The framers of the system decided that electors would vote for two individuals, with the candidate receiving the most electoral votes becoming president and the runner-up becoming vice president. This system underwent changes over time due…

Since the beginning of civilization, man has always worked for the betterment for himself and his tribe. With the passing of time, man’s loyalty shifted from his tribe to his nation and the nature of development changed too with defense coming in as a major area. What started as stone spear transformed into guns, tanks…

Katie Rush July 6th, 2010 Intro to Philosophy The Strange Case of the Speluncean Explorers This prompt poses many moral questions. My immediate, intuitive response was that the four defendants were guilty of the crime of Roger Whetmore’s murderer. If you look at the question as simply and literally, “Did they willfully take the life…

Summary of the case: The case Hamdi v. Rumsfeld began on April 28, 2004. It involved Yaser Esam Hamdi, a US citizen born in Louisiana in 1980. Hamdi moved to Saudi Arabia with his family before going to Afghanistan at twenty for work. While there, he was captured by the “Northern Alliance” group and handed…

Articles of Alliance Soon after the Revolutionary War ended. the new state emerged and required to organize some legitimate authorities. There was a demand of a fundamental law to run the personal businesss of the fledgeling state.The Articles of Confederationwas submitted on 12Thursdayof July 1776 to the Second Continental Congress. This new Constitution was a…

Analyzing the WindInherit the Wind, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. LeePlot:Cates is thrown into jail for teaching the beginning of the world contrary to what the bible says. Brady is coming to Hillsboro for the trail. Hornbeck announces he will bring Drummond to defend Cates. Both sides choose the remaining members of the jury….

After the Civil War, America was in shambles. The country needed to be rebuilt and become united. Southern states who seceded before the war would now have to come back to the Union. The period of Reconstruction lasted from 1863 to 1877. During this time, slavery was abolished and Amendments were added to the Constitution…

            Before he was elected as the President of the United States of America, my impression of Senator Barack Obama is that he is full of vitality in terms of his political drive largely because of his young age compared to other senators. Another impression that I have for Obama is that he is filled…

After watching “Dirty Pretty Things”, I was surprised. Stephen Frears presented London in such a different manner. Before, whenever audience sees London, they think of the royal family, aristocrats and the Big Ben. They think of theater and the West End stage. With the popularity of “Harry Potter”, some London tourists are even fascinated by…