US Constitution: The U.S. Constitution was proposed to replace the Articles of Confederationand to create a federalist system in which the nation had a strong central government whose power was limited to certain areas. The process to adopt the Constitution required two-thirds of the 13 s...
The Constitution is also important because of how it is structured. It is meant to be a permanent social contract between the government and the people, but it can be altered. Whileit is possible to add an amendment, the process is arduous, including that a proposed amendment be ratified by...
Why is the Establishment Clause important?The Establishment Clause:The Establishment Clause is part of the First Amendment to the Constitution. It was put into the Constitution in order to avoid the religious conflict that had existed for centuries in Europe....
So nothing has changed with respect to China's position on the Taiwan question. What's changed is that the United States and its allies, seeking to provoke conflict and undermine China, are increasing their support for separatist elements, and are also increasing their supply of weapons to the...
For you to demonize the many scientists who experiment while trying to find cures for diseases is really unfortunate and demonstrates that you are terribly uninformed. Am I saying that human life is more important than animal life? I am not. Animal experimentation is also performed on animals ...
Another reason why I picked the federalist side is that the weak central government of the Articles of Confederation needs to be strengthened. The first argument the federalist should use to convince the public that ratifying the proposed constitution does not threaten Americans natural rights as ...
Why Is the Constitution Important? So, why was the Constitution written? It should go without saying that the primary function and purpose of the Constitution is to serve and protect the people of the United States. However, it encompasses so much more than this. ...
This address to a conference in Princeton on religious liberty in the contemporary situation engages in a critical review of the main thesis of Christopher Eisgruber and Lawrence Sager, Religious Freedom & the Constitution (Harvard UP, 2007), that religion is not "a 鈥 category of human ...
The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution states (note my underline):Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridgingthe freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably ...
Constitution? Why did the large states want proportional representation? Why is the Missouri Compromise significant? Why was the Great Compromise important? Why did the Missouri Compromise fail? Why did Congress agree to the Missouri Compromise? Why was the Three-Fifths compromise necessary? Why ...