Essays on Constitutional Amendment

Introduction

American founding fathers were brave, noble and great as they pioneered the drafting of the America Constitution. America government has over the years suffered from a series of problems that proves the need for a new constitution. There is the urgent need for amending the constitution while maintaining its legal, ethical, and moral structure. Over 224 years since the ratification of the America Constitution, several amendments have emerged, and only 27 of these changes were approved and included in the constitution. Depending on the challenges faced in the 21st century ranging from corruption and poor leadership the constitution should ...

Constitutions define principles guarding a society or suggest a political goal that a society envisions to achieve. Constitutions are more than a platform where structure; authority and responsibility of government institutions are defined (Krasner 87). They also portray essential political, economic and power relations by the culture, values and interest of the group that created it. Also, the events of the period in which the document was written contributed enormously to its content. Definition of the relationship between those in government and the citizens is also available in the Constitution and the limit of their practices clearly defined. This ...

The total budget of the United States is comprised of the off-budget and the on-budget. Off-budget are parts of the budget that have trust funds. This is for instance social security fund, and Medicare. On the other hand, parts of the federal budget that operate without a trust fund are referred to as on-budget. A deficit or surplus in the total budget is influenced more by the on-budget than by the off-budget such that, a deficit in the on-budget increases national debt. Much of the history of the history of the United States of America from 1930 to 2011 is characterized ...

DateYour name Course name Abstract for Research Project Oct 18, 2014

Abstract The United States of America currently does not have an official language. Nevertheless, many advocates are vouching for the officialization of English in a federal level. This would mean that border states will not be able to make their immigrants more welcome. A Constitutional amendment is being fought over and over, and legislator have tried to pass this project through every official channel, but it hasn't been successful so far. Children of immigration would suffer even more because officializing English would mean the end of bilingual education programs, as well as difficulties businesses, federal services and other entities. ...

The United States Supreme Court marks the highest court in the US. The court offers the final appellate jurisdiction and has the overall powers over other courts in the United States. The court consists of the chief justice and other eight associate justices within the framework. These justices are appointed by the president then effectively confirmed by the senate. However, this number depends on how the congress can fix the number that seems convenient in service delivery. Formed in 1789 marking the highest federal court in the US history, the court handles all matters including the federal matters regarding ...

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Introduction This paper provides details about Nevada’s legislature and describes various aspects of the legislature including its democratic constraints (the initiative, the referendum, the recall, and affirmation of statutes), as well as its constitutional mandate to meet in alternate years for a period of only 120 days each time. The paper also compares Nevada’s biennial legislature sessions with the methods used in other states and suggests some advantages and disadvantages of the two systems.

Historical Background

According to “The Nevada Legislature: A Brief History” (2011), the state legislature has always met in Carson City, though over time it has ...

The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment was a constitutional provision that facilitated the provision. The amendment was to the effect of prohibiting the production, transportation and sale of alcohol in the United States of America. It was legislated by Congress on behalf of the citizenry. The spirit of the amendment lied in the need to remedy and save the American society which was being adversely affected by alcoholism. It is instructive to note that the amendment did not expressly ban alcohol consumption. However, the amendment banned the production, transportation and sale thereby making dealing and access alcohol impossible. As Rockefeller would note in ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, gay marriage has been an issue that has seen the rise of arguments and controversies in the church today. This issue of gay marriage has been with a lot of debate. Many people have taken different positions on this matter.Most of the reasons that are given against gay marriages do not hold up. To many, it looks awkward to have two people of the same sex to get married. This is the case because Most of the arguments that are against gay marriage are based on religious principles. It is religious institutions that first brought this ...

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Despite of the existing federal laws that prohibit discrimination among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, they still suffer extensive forms of prejudice in many points of their lives especially in their struggle for basic civil rights to marry and raise a family. Throughout the world, there are still many cases of execution, imprisonment, torture and violence associated with sexual orientation or gender identity. In many countries, violence and abuse committed without legal sanction were not properly addressed by the government. This massive abuse and violence constitutes violations on human rights. The Amnesty International supports the human rights of ...

Issue: For the economic development and well-being of the Americans, should tax reform that focuses on tax cut be introduced by the Obama administration?

Thesis: Understanding tax reforms in the USA is of great benefit as it helps re-organize the country's economic reform policy. This can however only be achieved via the accomplishment of sound tax reforms. Comprehensive understanding of a country's tax reform strategies determines the prosperity of country's economy. The USA government should thus undertake rigorous tax reform as it is essential for tax policy making and the general economic development.

Tax reform has been of interest for ...

Gay marriage is a controversial social practice within the United States. Jost, an editor at Sage Publications, explains in his article entitled “Marriage Showdowns: Will Voters Bar Marriage” that “seven states have legalized gay marriage while more than 26 states have had either constitutional amendments that prohibit gay marriage or statutory bans (Jost 3). Friedman's book entitled Gay Marriage explains that the existing policy on gay marriage is based on the provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that was passed by the federal government in 1996 (Friedman 31). DOMA defines a marriage as a union between a man and woman and ...

The government of the U.S. has been on constant change. Since the independence of the United States till present, a lot has changed .The United States Central and the states government has undergone a lot of transition to the current date where their relationship as well was not left unaffected. The United States constitution provides for a link between the congress and the state government.

Articles of confederation

The articles of confederation are thirteen and they served as the initial constitution of the independent U.S. They stipulated how the central government was to operate and relate with the states.

The provisions of the Articles

These articles created an integration of ...