States were disputing over the inconsistency of equal privileges because all states are different sizes and have different interests. The only thing that was wrong in the sovereignty was that it never ended peacefully. The Court had to take everyone’s needs into consideration in order to make it fair. They drew up a new constitution at the Philadelphia convention. The Constitutional Congress had a stronger justification
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Constitutional Question: Does Minnesota violate the Freedom of Press in the First Amendment with the “gag law”? 2. Background Information: J.M. Near. published a newspaper called “The Saturday Press.” The content of “The Saturday Press” was thought to be racist‚ prejudiced and hateful in general. Because this hateful speech was spread to the public in the form of a Newspaper‚ Near was taken into custody by the state police. The state arrested the man because of a law called the Minnesota Gag Law of 1925
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The Constitution The author of a written work may intend a certain meaning at the time that work was created‚ but the interpretation of that meaning is colored by the circumstances‚ history‚ education‚ and intentions of those who would read that work. This is especially true of the Constitution of the United States of America. The U.S. Constitution was a collaborative effort of the great minds of the time‚ and its contents were debated by those who drafted it and those who voted on its ratification
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is known as “dual sovereignty‚” which implies that State and federal governments are “foreign” to each other; each is sovereign in its own right. By 1857‚ Taney presided over a Court that had expanded to nine justices and was divided—four Northerners and five Southerners‚ including Taney‚ sat on the bench. 2. Dred Scott was a Missouri slave. Sold to Army surgeon John Emerson in Saint Louis around 1833‚ Scott was taken to Illinois‚ a free State‚ and on to the free Wisconsin Territory before returning
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BILL OF RIGHTS: 1ST AMENDMENT The Bill of Rights : it is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These limitations serve to protect the rights of liberty and property. They guarantee a number of personal freedoms‚ limit the government’s power in judicial and other proceedings‚ and reserve some powers to the states and the public. The First Amendment (Amendment I) : Originally‚ the First Amendment applied only to laws enacted by the Congress. However
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Freedom of speech should be limited for journalist The first Amendment to the Constitution protects free expression‚ speech‚ and press against government suppression. “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press.” (“Gora”) Each state’s constitutions contain promises of free expression like to those in the U.S. Constitution. Although the Constitution gives a person these rights‚ there should limits‚ in politics‚ education‚ or everyday life. The current limits‚
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Throughout history‚ the United States Constitution has been put to the test over the issue of free speech. The First Amendment states‚ "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Even though free speech is one of the core American values proudly embedded in each citizen
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December 18th 2010‚ (huffingtonpost.com). Was it the correct choice to remove the U.S army’s Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell policy? Yes‚ it was. The Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell policy was removed because it violated many rights such as the first‚ fifth‚ ninth‚ and fourteenth Amendments in the Constitution‚ the outcome of the court case of Air Force Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach‚ and the reasons the policy was put into place were not as strong as the reasons for taking it away. The Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy did not follow
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Legislative‚ Executive‚ and Judicial. It also functions "vertically"‚ dividing power between the upper Federal government and the lower state governments. . Marshall used his influence on other Justices and his decisions emphasized how the federal government‚ under the Constitution‚ was basically supreme over state powers. Marshall made "broad construction" of the Constitution the prevailing law of the land. One of the more important powers Marshall affirmed for the US Supreme Court was "judicial review
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government seems to still have some control over it. The first ten amendments‚ which make up the so called Bill of Rights‚ were designed to calm the fears of the mild opponents of the Constitution in its original form. On September 25‚ 1789‚ the First Congress of the United States therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it. The first amendment states‚ “Congress shall make no law
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