the type of federal government of the United States, four important philosophers, and abundance of the U.S Constitution. First of all, The United States has a democratic republican government. There are three branches of government called the Legislative branch, Executive branch, and judicial branch. The Legislative branch makes laws. The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government. (Federal government of the United States., 2015) It has two chambers which are the
Trace Haven Mrs. Molzahn Senior English December 1, 2017 American Arms The number of murder victims in the United States in the year 2016 by a semi-automatic rifle was 3,637 (“Murder - Number of Victims by Weapons Used 2016 | Statistic”). Is the gun control in the United States not strong enough? Maybe it is too strong and that is what makes people want to rebel against it. Many of these questions and thoughts continue to be one of the hottest topics in the political world today. Guns are a symbol
whatever state or persuasion.” (Thomas Jefferson) Based on the Constitution, it is possible for individuals in society to achieve equality. Equality is possible based off the constitution because the constitution applies to every citizen who lives under it. Some of the amendments in the constitution even give people rights that later make everyone equal and treated the same. According to the constitution of the U.S, equality is possible. In another perspective, based off the constitution there is
Our founding fathers came up with the United States Constitution to solve many of the problems with the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution is one big compromise that the government made for its people. The United States Constitution was ratified in 1788. It consists of seven Articles and twenty-seven Amendments. The Articles and Amendments solved problems like: government powers, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press, the right to bear arms, taxes. Under the Articles
The United States Constitution, ratified June 21, 1788, is the longest surviving constitution in the in the world. However, there is much debate over this age-old document. The most controversial amendment in the United States Constitution is the second amendment: “…the right of the people to keep and bear arms” (US Const. amend. II). Currently, there are over two hundred-seventy million civilian owned guns in America. Much of the public assumes that firearms are the sole cause of the rising numbers
The importance of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is such that some have called it the amendment that “completed the Constitution.” When it was ratified on July 9th, 1868, the amendment became one of legislative cornerstones of the Reconstruction Era, a time in which the Radical Republicans, led by John A. Bingham and Thaddeus Stevens, promulgated a legislative program focused on providing racial equality before the law. Among the laws passed in the Reconstruction Era
Rights: On September 25, 1789, Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Numbers three through twelve were adopted by the states to become the United States (U.S.) Bill of Rights, effective December 15, 1791. James Madison proposed the U.S. Bill of Rights. It largely responded to the Constitution’s influential opponents, including prominent Founding Fathers, who argued that the Constitution should not be ratified because it failed to protect the basic
enough to vote,’” proclaimed a popular catchphrase first heard back in the second World War (Parkinson 2013). Plenty of people think that either the legal age children become adults should be lowered. Others think that it should be raised to allow for maturity to increase. The legal age should stay the same, contrary to those opinions, because of a well-designed system: gradual liberties, and, after all, the Constitution asserts that it will. With wars come military drafts, and if you’re old enough
The Fourth Amendment, a portion of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December fifteenth seventy ninety-one. The Bill of Rights introduces the Fourth Amendment as 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. (The
The Second Amendment and Gun Rights in America In this section the author talks about the Second Amendment how it is strangely phrased and for most of American history, its meaning was thought to be somewhat murky. “A well-regulated militia composed of the body of the people, being the best security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Civil Liberties, Civil Rights and Majority Rule The belief in freedom, equality, and security is delineated