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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"United States Constitution"”.
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The Restoration of Religious Freedom: Joseph Smith’s Evolving Understanding of the United States Constitution, 1830-1844
… denomination of the nineteenth century in the United States, Joseph Smith desperately yearned for religious freedom. I argue that Joseph Smith understood religious freedom as a theological doctrine given by God to help individuals, communities, and nations discover how to balance order and …
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Conflicts of Law in Antebellum America: Criticism of the United States Constitution and the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act in the Works of William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Lysander Spooner, Lydia Maria Child, and Herman Melville
The quest for African Americans to gain emancipation and equal civil rights occupied the efforts of abolitionists and antislavery advocates for much of the nineteenth century. For both men and women who valued the democratic principles of equality upon which the nation was founded, the struggle for …
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An Examination of Media Accounts Before and After School Shootings: A Content Analysis of Newspaper Articles Pertaining to Firearms on Campus
… responses as that of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. Since our country's infancy, firearms have been an integral part of our society. Over the years firearms have undoubtedly become ingrained in the American culture, but their presence has not been unanimously welcomed. …
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The External Conflict of Modern War Correspondents: Technology's Inevitable Impact on the Extinction of Nostalgic Combat Reporting
… the freedom of press clause set forth by the United States Constitution. Since the Vietnam era, the relationship between the military and the media has been plagued by questions of censorship, assertions of falsehood, and threats to national security. But it is the technological advancements …
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Virginia and the Equal Rights Amendment
… the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) began in the states. Many states quickly ratified the amendment but the ERA stalled fifteen states short of the necessary three-fourths to become part of the United States Constitution. Virginia was one of the states who did not ratify the amendment and this …
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Civics in American Public Schools: State Constitutions and the Right to an Education
A literal reading of the United States Constitution finds no mention of education. Because no fundamental federal mandate exists to provide public education for citizens, the Tenth Amendment gives states the authority for public education policy. Because states have different constitutional …
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Indian Health Funding: Time For Change
… and forms of government. The policies of the United States toward its first peoples have undergone many changes: treaty making, re-organization, assimilation, relocation, termination, re-recognition and currently, self-determination and self-governance. </p> <p> The trust and treaty …
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Tocqueville the nationalist : reassessing federalism in Democracy in America
… Moreover, his characterization of the United States Constitution seems to vacillate between a confederation of sovereign states and a unified nation with a strong central government. Finally, Tocqueville describes the great power he perceives in the state governments, and the natural …
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The antecedents to the school financial crisis in Kentucky
… and secondary education violated the Kentucky Constitution Judge Ray Corns ruled the system unconstitutional on May 31, 1988. He held that the system violated not only the state constitution but also the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment of the United States …
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A historico-legal overview on the impeachment system under the United States and the United Kingdom constitutions and any relevance to Malta
… analysis of the relevant Articles under the United States Constitution and a legal analysis of these provisions, namely Article 1 Section 2, 4, 5, 6 ,7, Article 2 Sections 2 and 4 and other provisions which refer to, or may influence the interpretation or rules of procedure of impeachment …
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Are juries representative? An examination of the representativeness of jury panels in Hamilton County Tennessee
Under the United States Constitution, a defendant has the right to a trial by jury composed of his or her peers. The intent is for the chosen jurors to be representative of the defendant‟s community. This study examined whether the jury panels in State Court in Hamilton County, Tennessee are …
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The national interests of the United States in Southeast Asia : policy changes for their protection and promotion since the withdrawal from the naval base at Subic Bay
In November 1992, the United States withdrew its military forces from facilities in the Republic of the Philippines. The United States must now reassess its commitments, and the means and policies it will employ in protecting and promoting national interests in the post-Cold War era. This thesis …
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The Second Amendment and the Constitutional Right to Self-Defense
… application of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. The dissertation develops the argument that as originally understood, the Second Amendment protected a right to keep and bear arms closely linked to and dependent upon service in the lawfully established militia. Two …
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A legal and economic analysis of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
… the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, as well as the takings clause of the Virginia Constitution, and determines the legal validity of the provisions. Finally, Chapter Four presents several criticisms of the regulations as presently constituted. Suggestions …
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Increasing Polarization of the Youth Vote
… July 1, 1971, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified which prohibited states from denying citizens who had attained the age of eighteen the right to vote. Having passed 96-0 in the Senate and 401-19 in the House of Representatives, the amendment was widely …
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Clarification of management rights in regard to student suspension, expulsion, and exclusion in the state of Indiana
… and exclusion. A selected review and analysis of United States Constitution, Indiana state law, federal and state appellate court decisions, Indiana Attorney General Opinions and related literature was wade to identify factors guiding school officials in dealing with student due process matters. …
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"The forgotten years" of America’s Civil Rights Movement : the University of Kansas, 1939-1961
… all of the rights accorded to them by the United States Constitution. After the war, a second movement appeared. Radical students, many of whom were veterans, and faculty counterparts pushed their peers to examine racial attitudes on campus and in town while they directly attacked racial …
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