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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"States' rights"”.
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A Rhetorical Evaluation of Claiborne Fox Jackson's Speeches on Slavery and States' Rights, 1847-1861
Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson assumed office at a critical time in Missouri history. Elected governor at the onset of the Civil War, his techniques at dealing with the crisis in Missouri as well as his entire career have met with critical appraisal by numerous historians. His rhetorical hesitation …
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The transformation of the American legal mind: Habeas corpus, federalism, and constitutionalism, 1787-1870
… on power rather than as a grant of power. States' rights doctrine had a tremendous impact on courts, state and federal, in the antebellum period. The supremacy of state courts was established by issuing writs of habeas corpus for prisoners confined under the authority of the federal …
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John C. Calhoun and Nationalism in the Antebellum South
… shift from a more nationalist to a more states' rights position. The study explores the evolution of his thought from the War of 1812 until the early 1830s. Using the debate surrounding the policy issues of the National Bank, internal improvements and protective tariffs as markers along …
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Vanguard of the Right: The Department of Education Battle, 1978-1979
… battle, Carter confronted opposition from states’ rights, social, and religious conservatives that were beginning to form the nucleus of the New Right in the Republican Party. Using divisive racial and religious issues, these conservatives tried, and failed, to thwart the Department of …
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The locus of power in the European Union: determining whether judicial power will remain at the nation state level or if the European Union will merge into a federal institution
… arguments that took place within the United States on the issue surrounding states' rights versus federalism, and second through the various court cases that have occurred within the European national courts and the European Court of Justice. In essence, the research question seeks to …
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An Assessment of Federal Welfare Reform Policy in Texas
… into the workings of federalism in the United States through an examination of public welfare reform policies. Born from the need for national fiscal constraints, welfare reform has been fueled by public opinion concerned with a variety of social disorders, a strong national conservative trend, …
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The Origins and Development of the Indian Removal Policy
… Jackson used this foundation, supported states' rights and allowed Congress to provide the necessary legislation for removal.
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Everything in My Power: Harry S. Truman and the Fight Against Racial Discrimination
… Education decision as the beginning of the civil rights movement, or fails to recognize the centrality of President Harry S. Truman in the narrative of racial equality is in error. Driven by an ever-increasing recognition of the injustices of racial discrimination, Truman offered a comprehensive …
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Coastal state control over historic wrecks situated on the continental shelf as defined in article 76 of the Law of the Sea Convention 1982
In this minor dissertation the coastal states rights, jurisdiction and control in respect of wrecks, specifically historic wrecks, situated on the continental shelf are examined in relation to the current state of the law applicable to this area, both customary and conventional. Discussion and …
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No Foreign Despots on Southern Soil: The American Party in Alabama and South Carolina, 1850-1857
… levels of immigration to the South. These states provide a mainstream picture of southern cultural and political nativism, indicating that southern Know Nothings shared core nativist ideals with northern members of the American Party. Southerners sympathized with nativist fears of criminal …
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A Call to Arms: A Comparative Study of Mississippi and Kentucky Citizens During the Secession Crisis, 1859-1861
… from two economically and politically similar states that responded differently to secession. This thesis argues that middle-class Mississippians and Kentuckians took action against a perceived Republican threat in similar ways between 1859 and 1861, but whose decisions concerning secession …
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Community News Service of the 62nd Montana Legislature
… agenda of shrinking government and expanding states' rights against the will of Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer, the most popular politician in the state at the time. In November, 2010, the GOP harnessed a wave of anti-federal government and anti-Democratic Party sentiment to win a historic, …
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Community News Service of the 62nd Montana Legislature
… agenda of shrinking government and expanding states' rights against the will of Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer, the most popular politician in the state at the time. In November, 2010, the GOP harnessed a wave of anti-federal government and anti-Democratic Party sentiment to win a historic, …
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Framing Death: The Use of Frames in Newspaper Coverage of and Press Releases about Death with Dignity
… of each individual state. Had the United States Supreme Court ruled differently in a recent case, however, the issue would have transferred to federal jurisdiction. The Death with Dignity National Center (DDNC) takes responsibility for developing the original Death with Dignity Act and has …
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Keeping America a white man’s country: Southern opposition to civil rights in the united states senate
… by Georgia’s Richard Russell, forestalled civil rights legislation using the mechanisms of the Senate. The southern caucus beat back civil rights senators through a series of arguments that appealed both to the conservative nature of the Senate and their more conservative colleagues. While …
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Crime on the High Seas: What Conditions Are Necessary to Achieve Effective Maritime Governance Regime?
… successful. The first of these criteria includes states’ political will to cooperate with one another to recognize and address shared concerns. Secondly, the structure of international law needs to be formulated in a way that clearly defines states’ rights and obligations. Third, international law …
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The Scientific-Military State, Science and the Making of American Government, 1776-1855
… accordance with liberty, limited government, and states’ rights. Drawing on French statebuilding theories, these statemakers grasped that science constituted an innovative governing technique, one which promised to offset the need for large standing armies, sprawling bureaucracies, and heavy …
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Analyzing the Overturning of Roe vs Wade on Twitter using Natural Language Processing Techniques
… on the day of the Politico leak revealed that states’ rights and children were discussed. Using bigram of the most negative tweets, we witnessed gun control and healthcare as words that frequently occurred within the collection.</p>
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Jacksonian Nationalist: Joel R. Poinsett's Role in the Nullification Crisis
The object of this thesis is to examine the role of Joel R. Poinsetts role in the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 in South Carolina within the context of his previous experiences abroad. The work will analyze Poinsetts occupations before his role as leader of the Unionists in South Carolina to …
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From Social Welfare to Social Control: Federal War in American Cities, 1968-1988
… carceral state in the decades after the Civil Rights Movement. The dissertation examines the development of the national law enforcement program during its initial two decades, from the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, which established the block grant system and a massive …
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