Student Organization Constitution & Bylaws Guide Below is a sample of an organization constitution‚ as well as a guideline for creating bylaws. This is to help you in creating a constitution and bylaws for your organization. Should you have any questions‚ please do not hesitate to contact Tara Kermiet‚ Director of Student Activities & Service at tkermiet@lagrange.edu or 706-880-8112. Constitution: PREAMBLE We‚ the members of (insert organization name here)‚ to fully realize our purpose
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The Constitution of the United States is often called a "living document‚" meaning that it is open for interpretation. The Constitution of the United States can be interpreted differently as the times andcircumstances change. In creating the Constitution‚ our Founding Fathers wanted the Constitution to be able to be flexible and open to what changes might need to be placed. They believed that their job was to set down the basic principles. This would allow future generations to make what changes
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The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas) is the supreme law of thePhilippines. The Constitution currently in effect was enacted in 1987‚ during the administration ofPresident Corazon Aquino‚ and is popularly known as the "1987 Constitution".[1] Philippine constitutional law experts recognize three other previous constitutions as having effectively governed the country — the 1935 Commonwealth Constitution‚ the 1973 Constitution‚ and the 1986 Freedom Constitution.[2][3]Constitutions
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2013 Word Count: 754 Argument Essay Some individuals would agree that torture would be necessary if terrorist/criminals that were captured possessed information that could potentially harm millions of people or families. Now torture has taken on a whole new meaning. Torture is the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something‚ or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. In Michael Levin’s essay “The Case of Torture‚” he makes
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U.S Constitution DBQ The Federal Government showed to be ineffective under the Articles of Confederation. The Government lacked power‚ with large state governments showing to be superior. The U.S Constitution proposed a new form of government. With the addition of three separate branches of government‚ being‚ legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial‚ the Constitution also created a stronger Federal Government‚ weakening state governments. As southern states with larger populations were against the
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Do you think it was a good idea to ratify the constitution? At the time it was a big debate deciding whether or not we should ratify the constitution because anti-federalists wouldn’t agree with it unless they got a bill of rights‚ the first ten amendments‚ to state what all their rights. Eventually‚ the federalists who supported the constitution gave them a Bill of Rights. I believe the Constitution was a good decision to ratify because it gave power to the people‚ made 3 houses so not one person
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Constitution Paper Kaitlyn Smith HIS/110 June 8‚ 2014 Kellie Rainka Constitution Paper The Constitution is the backbone of American. It is the freedom‚ rights‚ and laws of every American. The Constitution is one of the most important documents to this country. It helped to develop the Great Compromise‚ it confronted the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation‚ and it also addressed the grievances in the Declaration on Independence. The Great Compromise The Great Compromise was created
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The Constitution of the United States was created years after the American defeated England in the Revolutionary War. The Constitution of the United States of America was supposed was created to better national government and to create a fair legal system to all Americans. The Constitution was supposed to gain freedom‚ defend the nation‚ provide security for everyone‚ and common good. The constitution not only set forth governmental powers but defined our fundamental freedoms such as freedoms to
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THE CONSTITUTION AND HOW IT AFFECTS BUSINESS 02/05/14 BUSINESS LAW AC131 On September 17‚ 1787‚ delegates signed the United States Constitution. The Constitution serves two major functions; it creates the three branches of the government and separates their powers‚ and it protects individual rights. Within the Constitution‚ there are ten amendments called the Bill of Right’s. These amendments guaranteed “basic individual protections”. Throughout
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This nation is not perfect‚ so we can only hope to improve it. To do so‚ we must find and criticize the hypocrisy in our country’s history with the fairness they once promised to their people. It is evident that the Preamble of the United States Constitution was hypocritical in 1787 because of the narrow vision of “the People‚” because of the economic divide‚ and because of the issues plaguing their justice system‚ all proving that the promises written in the Preamble went unfulfilled in the year it
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