Essays on Bill Of Rights

Introduction

The federalists and the anti-federalists has critical and huge differences. The faith followed by the federalists can be superior to explain them as the supporter of the federal formation. The negotiation that took place in 1787 helped to build the formation of the US. The purpose of this writing is to discuss the political divide of that time.

Summary

The antifederalists were the one to stand against the formation of the US. The antifederalists groups failed to be powerful among the thirteen states as well as they had to work hard in order to get the approval at every single ...

America was beginning to become a powerful and vital nation in the world in the twentieth century. Power was based on the assumption that Americans felt the abundant life, which was a promise to the world along with the concept and experience of freedom. However, freedom was not experienced by everyone at home in America. Black people felt oppressed and marginalized all the days of their life. In the 1920s, America was beginning to grab attention in the international scene. Europe was fading, while America was appearing as a dominant nation. However, this is not because of the popularity ...

The Documents

The Declaration of Independence Among the founding documents of the American republic the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States share primacy. First in time was the Declaration of Independence. Prepared by the Continental Congress over a year after the American Revolution had started with the battles at Lexington and Concord in April, 1775, the Declaration was silent on the question of religious freedom. In Jefferson’s words, which still ring down across almost two and a half centuries, the Declaration is firmly based on the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God” and, of ...

Question 1 Response: Creating a new Constitution was vital to the unity of the United States of America since the Articles of Confederation weren’t sufficient for good government. If there was any evidence of this, it was that the United States was clearly bankrupt and now needed to be organized in such a manner that both the States and the Federal government had to share power in such a manner that everyone’s interests were kept in mind. A centralized approach was key to putting the country back on track. Hence, a meeting was held in the Pennsylvania ...

Introduction

There are numerous debates about the death penalty in the United States. America continues to allow states to decide whether to apply the death penalty or not. There are 32 states in America that have the death penalty as opposed to 18 states that have abolished the practice. The United States of America continues to act as the leader of the free world. American exceptionalism is premised on the fact that America is a uniquely free nation based on democratic ideals and personal liberties. America has led the process of exporting liberal democracies around the world and many nations ...

Is the Separation of Church and State in America Real?

Is the Separation of Church and State in America Real?

Introduction

The United States is supposed to be a nation in which there is a defined separation of church and state. This means that anything the provides preference of one religion over another should not be permitted in public institutions. These institutions include, public schools, federal buildings, the federal government, and the White House. However, due to machinations of numerous political parties throughout America’s history the separation of church and state is not as defined as it is supposed to be. Many Christian groups have continually fought to push ...

Introduction

Gender equality is one of the most controversial and complicated issues that have plagued human societies for many years. In fact, the issue regarding gender equality has been an age-old problem that have prevailed even in the contemporary society. The problem in gender equality lies on the concept of equality itself, primarily because the concept of equality is too broad to be explicitly defined. The case of Stella Bliss, for example, is a manifestation that the concept of equality is subjective and depends on the prevailing perception on equality. According to the merits of the case, Stella Bliss, a ...

Abstract

The United States Bill of Right is scattered in several Amendments of the Constitution due to the progressive developmental history of the U.S law and Constitution. Each amendment either introduced a new right or enhanced on the existing one. Of essence to my discussion, however, is the Due Process Clause was introduced in the American Bill of Rights by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S Constitution. As per the Amendment, no state should deprive any person his or her life, liberty, or property without following the due process of the law. In the Fifth Amendment, a similar stand was ...

Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

Introduction

The United States Constitution was framed without a Bill of Rights, and subsequent amendments came to be parts of the Bill of Rights, although this was framed amid the lack of confidence of an oppressive regime. The fourth, fifth, and sixth amendments provided rules to safeguard individual liberty. The Sixth Amendment protects citizens against unfair denials of life and liberty by ordering the federal government to give protections to all suspected criminal offenders (Chhablani, 2008).

The Fourth Amendment protects citizens against unpredictable violations of privacy by government authorities. This protects ...

The Bills of Rights and Criminal Justice in the United States of America

The criminal justice is one of the critical component of the United States government and social systems. Although the Constitution defined the main foundations of the social life in the country, it is the Bill of Rights, which substantially expanded the personal rights and liberties of the American citizens (Bodenhamer & Ely, 2008).

In particular, the following Amendments are of particular interest for the members of the law enforcement community:

The Fourth Amendment made unwarranted searches and seizures illegal (Schwarz, 1992). The Fifth Amendment serves to protect the community from self-incrimination and double jeopardy. In addition, it established the ideas of due process and grand jury for the criminal proceedings (Schwartz, 1992). The Six Amendment provides a ...

Introduction

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, or FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States. He was a Democrat who was a successful politician and who was able to win a total of four presidential elections. He is still perceived as a strong leader who was able to steer the United States through a global depression and through the Second World War (The White House, 2016). Even when he was stricken with polio in 1921, he continued to participate in politics and serve his constituents. This short paper will examine his leadership style, as well as his strengths and weaknesses while ...

Introduction

Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. The essence of the American Revolution was to create such a government that would allow Americans to gain liberty, equality and freedom. This was to be based on fair representation of the people and the Separation of Powers between three arms of government. For practical purposes though, it is necessary for governance to be exercised by a group of people in the arms of government. This has been abused over the years and the people of America supposed to collectively determine affairs of government in ...

Introduction

The Constitution Act of 1982, which introduced some of the most important changes to the Canadian Constitution since it came into force in 1867; has and continued to play a significant role in changing the framework of Canadian politics (CDOJ, 2016). These changes, on the whole, have had a substantially positive effect on the Canadian political community. In order to understand the benefits of Canadian constitutional reform on the political community, one must first understand how the Constitution had arranged, regulated, and influenced Canadian politics in the past. The Canadian Constitution of 1867 had a number of characteristics that ...

The fact that the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, make no direct mention of God, and have only a few phrases pertaining to religion, does not mean that it was not imbued with the religious thinking and perspectives of its Framers. To be sure, many of the Framers if not openly religious, such as George Washington, and John Adams, were nevertheless deeply influenced or subjected to one of the many religious faiths of the time. The Bill of Religious Freedom, which was drafted in 1777 by Thomas Jefferson for consideration in the Virginia legislature, is illustrative of ...

The Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens, both published in 1791, were important documents in the history of the world that greatly influenced the 1984 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Both these articles provided the foundation for the United States Constitution, as well as the creation of the first republic government of France. Guided by the spirit and philosophical ideology of liberalism surrounding the aftermath of the French Revolution, both documents endeavored to create and establish an ideal liberal democratic government in both United States and France However, the French revolution ...

The United States constitution comprises of the Bill of Rights which contains rights and personal freedoms that are guaranteed to all its citizens regardless of colour, gender, One of the founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton opposed the Bill of Rights because he believed that it would be potentially dangerous. There are certain rights and freedoms which provide citizens with too much power in their hands and this has led to negative or dangerous outcomes. The second amendment of the United States Constitution is the right to bear arms. This amendment allows Americans to obtain the licences to possess and carry ...

The following primary documents include two antifederalist essays and three federalist essays that were published in newspapers three to six months following the Constitutional Convention. The antifederalists aimed to convince the states that the new constitution would not work while the federalists hoped to gain support and ratification of the new constitution. In 1787 and 1788, when the essays were written, the new country was struggling. The Articles of Confederation were not sufficient, and the fears that resulted in the Revolutionary War were still very fresh in the minds of everyone.

SUMMARY OF THE ESSAYS

THE ANTIFEDERALIST NO. 18-20 WHAT DOES HISTORY TEACH? ( ...

The United States had two constitutions to regulate and establish the rights and state orders. Articles of Confederation came into force in 1781, when Maryland ratified it and it was the first Constitution of the United States (Fritz C. G., 2008, p.131). The Constitution came to replace the Articles of Confederation when it was ratified by New Hampshire in 1788. These two documents have much in common. However, there are quite significant differences between them. By comparing them it is possible to see what the drafters considered important in 1781, and that they changed their minds in 1788. Articles ...

The U.S. Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights was proposed and passed through twelve amendments but only ten were successfully ratified and became part of the United States Constitution, which was at first considered incomplete because it lacked what proponents called the basic human rights. The common belief at that time was that the framing and ratification of the Bill of Rights was to eliminate fears of the Anti-Federalists that the proposed Constitution did not satisfactorily guarantee individual freedoms. Even if individual liberty was important during the debate for the bill of rights, the Bill of Rights was ...

The Constitution of the United States of American offers a wide range of guarantees and rights to the people of the nation. The motive behind the Bill of Rights is to protect the American people from anarchical and tyrannical regimes. The reason for the US Supreme Court’s blunder in the verdict supporting corporate funding for election campaigns is due to comprehension (Cornell University Law School, 2011). They did not interpret the First Amendment of the US Constitution in the proper context. The enactment of laws and the subsequent consequences should be in line with the context of why ...

Part A. Answer the following questions based on the literature:

PTP (Pretrial publicity) creates a set of problems that forensic social/cognitive/experimental psychologists are uniquely qualified to address. What are some of these problems? Hint: they are psychological (social/cognitive) and legal (procedural/substantive). Thus, begin by addressing: why we are concerned with PTP at all? What are the alleged effects and what does the social science research indicate regarding these effects (be specific in citing literature)? One of the problems, caused by Pre-Trial Publicity is the cognitive one. This means that juries get the information about the case under some circumstances, identified by the pre-trial mass media articles, which they ...

In ancient societies, people believed that the hierarchy of human society was based on the divine right of certain people to lead and the divine permission to keep others as lower class members of society. This shamed the parameters of social order until the Age of Enlightenment and Reformation in the 16th and 17th Centuries. The American and French Revolutions laid the foundation for the creation of a system of civil liberties and human rights which required some basic rights to be accorded to all human beings without exception. Human rights is defined as “a set of freedoms guaranteed ...

Civil rights and civil liberties are mentioned throughout the United States Constitution. It is not uncommon for people to assume that both terms mean the same thing. In fact, these two terms have different meanings. Civil rights are a form of equality among the people of the United States. Rights are given to legal citizens of this country and are implemented in the Amendments and the Bill of Rights. There are many rights that individuals can utilize and practice freely. In the Declaration of Independence, it discusses the rights of protection that is guaranteed by the government of the ...

The court system has faced problems due to different changes and resolutions in the state of Georgia. The criminal justice system has changed with as the social setup changed, and the trend of victims’ rights has emerged in the courts. The system has handled various issues related to the victims and perpetrator. The state has ensured and supported the justice for all human wellbeing. Georgia’s judiciary system has faced some issues in court monitoring. The judges have considered on high profile cases instead of routine cases. Different violations have occurred in the courts during a hearing of the ...

The “exclusionary rule” is one of the most important elements of United States criminal procedure law, but it is not found in the Constitution. Indeed, the exclusionary rule is a court created procedure that allows a judge to declare inadmissible any testimony or evidence presented at trial that was result of or otherwise obtained in violation of the Bill of Rights’ Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendments. In other words, while the basis of the exclusionary rule is the Constitution, it is not a constitutional right. Rather the exclusionary rule was created as a means for the court to prevent ...

Crime is an act committed in violation of the law and is punishable. However, just because people fall into such situations does not necessarily mean that they are not human and, therefore, criminals should get respect under the law, just like any other person. For this reason, sentencing and correctional reform program were developed in the US with Pennsylvania being the initiator of the operation. In 1787, Pennsylvania Prison Society was established with the principal obligation to mend the living conditions of inmates and refinement in prison. There exist some bodies that joined this movement towards achieving the same ...

There are groups called separationists, which continuously fight for the rights and freedoms of all Americans. The members of two well-known groups come from the Americans United and Citizens United. Both of these two groups are known to have stood up to fight for religious freedom and to avail of their Constitutional rights. It is the duty of every American citizen to be able to fully grasp the importance of keeping the laws of the land free from religious intervention. Thus, it is imperative for the citizens to realize what is at stake if both the state and the ...

Introduction

The criminal justice system of the United States and other nations are often analyzed in an inward manner. It is treated as a local matter mainly because criminal justice is a preserve of a nation-state. However, internationally, the legal system of a country like the United States can be analyzed and reviewed within an absolute and relativist context. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of globalization on the American criminal justice system and also evaluate it in relation to other jurisdictions and how the American system fares internationally.

Globalization and the US Criminal Justice System

The United States affected and has been ...

In the preamble to the United States Constitution, the Framers established that three of the fundamental responsibilities of the government was to “insure domestic tranquility”, “provide for a common defense” and “secure the blessings of liberty”. In other words, the government has a duty to protect the nation and its people from harm. The Declaration of Independence, however, states that there are certain unalienable rights that every citizen possesses. Moreover, the Bill of Rights, lists a number of the unalienable rights, such as privacy, freedom of expression, and due process of the law, which the Framers felt were important ...

The Patient’s Bill of Rights refers to a written law or declaration that contains a list of minimum guarantees to which every patient is entitled such as fair treatment, autonomy regarding medical decisions and confidentiality of patient information. Adopted in 1995, this Bill of Rights gives every American patient the right and freedom against discrimination based on medical condition, to consult a physician of their choosing, purchase medical care of their choice and to be given full disclosure of the healthcare insurance plan. With the enactment of the ACA in 2010, President Obama introduced more regulations that would ...

The American political system as it was formulated by the Founding Fathers and written down in the Constitution was based on a particularly eighteenth century vision of liberal government based on Enlightenment ideals. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights as a document is a great example of what the priorities and values of the Framers of the Constitution were. The values of the Framers which they fought a war against Great Britain over basically centered around the belief in limited government, the decentralization of power and the separation of powers combined with a system of checks and balances. ...

The right of Americans to individual privacy has increasingly become an issue of national significance. Partly due to leaks of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance program by government contractor, Edward Snowden, American citizens’ basic right to privacy has become a subject of national debate. Not only is privacy a Constitutional Right, the right to privacy is a fundamental human right that no government should violate. Through these lenses, federal surveillance for national security purposes, invasive laws that affect our bodies, and telecommunications monitoring should be called into question, and rescinded. The US Constitution’s Bill of Rights ...

John Locke’s Social Contract Theory:

Introduction: The Social Contract Theory argues that people’s morals and obligations depend on an agreement among them in order to form the society in which they reside. John Locke's argues that the state of nature of man is perfect, and no one is to interfere each other’s’ lives. He states that even though the state of nature is one without punishment from the authority, it is not pre-moral (Friend, 2004). In Hobbes's argument, he points out that without identification and recognition of a universal authority, chaos is the order of man. In contrast to this, Locke and ...

On February 9, 1950 unknown senator from the State of Wisconsin Joseph McCarthy, shaking by a sheet of paper, stated thaat he have declared on meeting in Wheeling (West Virginia) that he has a list of 205 persons who are known to the state secretary as members of communist party and who, however, continue to work and formulate policy of State Department. (Caughey, 68) He has made similar statements also in other cities of the country. The right-wing press and other mass media have picked up these charges. The name of senator soon became a banner of political reaction ...

The Bill of Rights is an unofficial name for the first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution that were ratified by all states in order to limit the federal government’s power and protect the individual liberties (Dictionary of American History). The Bill of Rights was developed when the American colonists were no longer under the control of Great Britain and had to build up a new country that comprised many states. There was the need to develop the legal base so that all states could peacefully co-exist and there was the proper balance of power between the central ...

Employers are not permitted to discriminate based on religion, particularly with companies that have nothing directly to do with religion. For companies that employ people whose job is directly shaped by religion and therefore those who religion to them is a “bona fid occupational qualification” (BFOQ), religious discrimination is permitted, but the BFOQ needs to be part of the business’s necessary operation (Eisgruber & Sager, 1994).For non-religious co-optations, that can be difficult to prove. For religious organizations, when a religious group runs the organization or has direct engagement, preferences for particular religion are permitted. Religious accommodation is required ...

Katznelson is one of those leading writers who have proved themselves in providing much knowledge to the readers about social and political history. A professional in political science and history, he is best known for his influential research upon United States and covered topics such as social knowledge, liberal state, inequality, and institutions. His work always brings exceptional aspects that have been most important in the history of America. He has highlighted various features that have been a part of American history and has unfolded the inequalities that were evidenced in the 20th century. A collection of his books ...

Liberty is defined as a state where people have a right to speech and expression, whereas the Equality is defined as a position of being just, particularly in status, rights, or chances. In the history of the world, many wars and revolutions have taken place to achieve rights which each person deserves. Out of these, the rights to Equality and liberty have always been the principal focus. This was the case in the American Revolution as well. After gaining independence, these rights were highlighted in various documents like the Declaration of Independence, the Law and the Bill of Rights. ...

Part 1

The American Constitution is called a living document for the simple reason that it has existed for far too long than any other document ever drafted to govern any nation in the world. At the same time, it has continued to be the civic cornerstone upon which every other law has been developed, besides it acts as a model for any other emerging or existing democracy in the world (Scaros 17). Since it was penned down, the Constitution has been read and interpreted by many people, including presidents, judges, justices, Congress and even ordinary citizens. Everyone looks up to ...

1. Explain in detail the Exclusionary Rule. The Exclusionary Rule is the rule that is generated by the law under the constitutional rights. It does not allow the use of any of the non-legal obtained proof in the trials for criminal under the fourth amendment. It will usually apply for the elimination of the physical evident. The best example of exclusionary rule is stolen property, murder, or weapons that allows the police to catch a break in a case under the rights of the fourth amendment. The exclusionary rule could be under the Fifth Amendment, when no person can ...

The bill of rights refers to the significant rights of the American citizens and plays a critical role in safeguarding the rights from infringement by the government. The original constitution was outlined in Philadelphia in 1787 and was ratified by the different states in America. The original constitution laid a base for the bill of rights. However, this constitution contained less number of individual rights guarantees and was focused on launching a system for an effective federal government. Persons such as Pinckney and Madison are perceived as the ‘architects’ of the bill of rights that is applied in America ...

The United States has been revered around the globe for having one of the most impressive Constitutions in the world. That being said, the rest of the world has tried to recreate the United States Constitution all over the globe. What many people do not realize is that at the beginning, the United States Constitution did not include a Bill of Rights, (“The Bill of Rights: A Brief History,” 2016). While many debate that this is because the founding fathers wanted the white men to only be protected, it does not explain how the Bill of Rights ended up ...

Congress at the time, asked Thomas Jefferson and others to author a declaration of independence. The leadership at needed a document that stated why it was necessary for America’s independence of the British colony. Jefferson wrote down what he thought many Americans thought about the rights they should have. The declaration explains why the colonies needed to break away from the British colonies. The documents claim that people have freedoms and rights that should not and cannot be taken away. Additionally, the document lists the complaints against the King and that the colonised have to be free in ...

How the State and Its Institutions Perpetuate the Systemic Exclusion and Subsequent Punishment of Radicalized, Sexed, or Gendered Groups

According to Brown, institutional racism is common in the societies we live in today, and sadly the situation my not change soon because the practice is perpetuated by the state and its institutions (2009). In essence, the practice is getting worse, as the world embracing capitalism and moral decay is almost at its peak. The minority groups face loads of injustice from the state and in the communities; they live in (Brown 2009). These individuals also need protection, but instead, the society uses their vulnerability for the greater harm. These individuals often suffer in silence because they have no ...

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Introduction

Neoliberalism is both an economic and political ideology which proposes a new way in which states are restricted from interfering with the economic affairs and general day to day dealings of their private citizens. This concept was developed by Adam Smith in 1770 when he posited that government should not be allowed to be involved in the economy of the country and initially it was called liberalism. This stance borrowed heavily from the laissez faire principle which required that traders should be let free to negotiate their own terms of engagement. Adam’s conception was challenged in ...

The British Parliament passed some laws that tightened their rule and made the lives of the colonists tough. Some of the acts included the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Townshend Act and Quartering Act among many others. The British enforced these acts only to benefit themselves without considering the effects Acts would have on their colonists. For that reason, the colonists had to rebel and that led to resentment between the British and the Americans and also within the American colonies themselves. These British Acts and amendments also contributed to the American Revolution. The Acts contributed negatively to the economy ...

ANALYSIS OF CUPP V MURPHY

ANALYSIS OF CUPP V MURPHY

Observation The police acted in the right manner by conducting a search for physical evidence on Murphy without his permission for the suspect acted in a suspicious manner. Letting Murphy go without conducting a test on the evidence on the finger nails could lead to a possible destruction of evidence. The police thus acted against any case of destruction of evidence.

Fine point

The police conducting a search for physical evidence from the suspect without the suspect’s permission was found to be unconstitutional. However, circumstances that may lead to destruction of evidence forced the police ...

All men are created equal are the strong immortal words written by Thomas Jefferson at the beginning of “The Declaration of Independence” that resonated through the entire history of American. Jefferson made a clear declaration of the nature law that “all men are created equal,” which says all men are born free, and each comes into this world with inclusive human rights of liberty, either of using or moving it at his or her own (Becker). Also, Jefferson continued to describe it a personal liberty that is totally given to an individual by the Creator of nature due to ...

When the American Revolutionary War began, the then thirteen North America colonies of the British Empire were in need of a different government that would replace that of the Monarch. The Founding Father’s first try in attempting to establish the territories’ self-governance produced the Articles of Confederation proposed to the Second Continental Congress in the year 1777 at Philadelphia. The States ratified the Articles and in 1781, the new laws were active. Still, by 1789, the United States Constitution was already in place as a replacement to the Articles and for that reason alone, it was evident that ...

The U.S. Articles of Confederation and Constitution

Articles of Confederation versus the Constitution of 1787 The 2nd article defines the sovereignty of the state which is fundamental to the new nation’s existence. At first glance, this may seem to go against the spirit of confederation but it actually stabilizes it by reiterating the foundation of the freedom of self-rule which was the basis of the revolution. While it accedes to aspects of federal rule that have been duly and clearly agreed among the states, the article establishes the natural state of the state to be free to conduct ...

The National Archives Experience was a creation of the National Archives Records and Archives Administration that partners with the Foundation of the National Archives. It is under the National Archives, located in Washington DC, which is mandated with the responsibility of safeguarding all the records of the Federal government ( “National Archives: Dictionary of American History”, 2003). The archive is a simple revelation of the American past, which forms part of the nation’s future (The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d). It was reestablished in 2003 with the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom being one of the ...

The American Revolution led to the foundation of the United States of America and, thus, was one of the major events in the American history. Its main results were the end of the British power in North America and the signing of Constitution, the main law document of the United States. The American Revolutionary War started for a range of reasons that appeared much earlier the escalation of the conflict. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the origins of the American Revolution and to recount the process that led to the signing of the ...

The main sources on the formation of American statehood are the Declaration of Independence, "Articles of Confederation", the US Constitution of 1787, and the Bill of Rights. Also, referring to the origins of the formation of the statehood, the Mayflower Compact is surely an important document. The British political heritage has had a tremendous influence on the formation of the state system of America. English settlers brought with them the political ideas that developed in England for centuries. English Bill of Rights of 1689 was very important for the American colonists – it differentiated the rights and obligations of the ...

During the Second World War, the then US President Franklin Roosevelt announced his Bill of Rights that that helped transform the American society to a more progressive one that embraced the rights of all citizens. The Economic Bill of rights was aimed at creating a prosperous society that offered equal opportunity to access necessities without any form of discrimination (Way, 869-97). The new set of rights embraced a society that did not decree on its citizens by race or any form of prejudice. In the rights, the Roosevelt endeared himself to the citizens by providing what was considered the ...

Abstract

The Fourth Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights with the intention of safeguarding individuals' right to privacy by requiring the production of a warrant by law enforcement officers in case of suspicion; however, the balance between ensuring privacy and the need to safeguard national security has been a subject of intense debate. This paper starts by giving a historical background of the Fourth Amendment, the evolution that has happened since it was put in place, the arguments for and against it, and an analysis of whether its observation impedes the work of the police. The paper also ...

Abstract

This paper includes information about three completely different issues connected with the U.S authority, the Constitution and political power. The articles include information about what is congressional ethics and ethical violations of the Congress members, minor and major parties struggle, and clashes between Federal and State Laws. The paper examines pros and cons and gives appraisals of the issues.

Congressional Ethics Violations.

What is “congressional ethics”? And why do we need it? Basically, it is a set of rules and procedures that determine and regulate ethical behavior of members of the House, which are related to gifts, traveling and campaign activities. ...

Introduction

The formation of the American nation as it is known today was molded by the sweat and blood of the colonists, wars, conflicts, and violence. A nation born to war can transform into the hard wired unity, as the psychohistorical studies revealed. In other words, imagine the United States involved in harsh and aggressive whirlpool of conflict with Britain. The country was overwhelmed with the conflicts with the indigenous people and Mexico for a very long time before it could secure its borders and create a full-blown nation. This process was particularly difficult for the settlers due to the ...

The Constitutional Convention, also referred to as the Grand or Federalist Convention, that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from May to September 1787 is touted as one of the most memorable, monumental and important events in the United States history after gaining independence from Britain. This is mainly because it revised and updated the initial Articles of Confederation, which formed the precursor to the modern liberal and lofty Constitution of the United States of America. The major aim of the Convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation and to create a new strong form, structure of system of ...

Introduction

The history of Police in the United States dates all the way back to 1631 when the first Night Watch patrolled the streets of Boston. There are numerous studies and technological advances that contributed to the evolution from the Night Watch to Metropolitan Police Departments in the country. During the transition that stretched across centuries the standards and requirements for a police officer evolved with each new generation. However, along with the positive aspects of law enforcement, a host of deleterious behaviors latched on to newer generations of police officers. Subsequently, the guidelines changed and placed restrictions on processes ...

Introduction

The explosion of the modern technology of the digital age has given rise to a completely new kind of bullying: cyber bullying. What makes cyber bullying so problematic is that it most often takes place off school grounds. It is difficult for teachers and school administrators to punish bullies who do not actually bully at school. Teachers and school officials often lack the authority to take action against cyber bullying, or are unaware that it is even going on. With so many electronic mediums today, cyber bullying can take many different forms.

Cell phones are a huge source of ...