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If the Bill of Rights is the cornerstone of the Constitution, the First Amendment is the keystone to the Bill of Rights.

The US Constitution was designed to serve generations of Americans. An important feature is the built in amendment process. It was made difficult, but not impossible.

Today, New Zealand exists has a sovereign state, yet the date when it became a sovereign nation has long me disputed between 1857, 1907, 1947 and 1987.

The average U.S. citizen refers to his country as a democracy. Are they wrong? What is a republic, and what could be wrong with a democracy, anyway?

The Pledge of Allegiance may need to be changed to allow citizens to swear fidelity to America without sacrificing equal liberty guaranteed by the First Amendment.

The Republican Party was the first major U. S. political party to promote and defend the rights of women, including the right to equal pay for equal work.

The Miranda warnings are part of American criminal justice and American popular culture. Where do they come from? What do they mean?

A look at the historical and legal contexts in which the American gay marriage debate is taking place.

The First Amendment of the United States allows citizens to employ free practice of religion, which is not to be interfered with by government. This case upheld that.

Libraries, schools and bookstores celebrate this annual attempt to emphasize the importance of literary freedom and the opposition of all forms of literary censorship.

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich announced his choice to succeed Barack Obama in the Senate. The Governor has been arrested and impeachment is looming.

Brown v. Board of Education was a major Supreme Court case from 1954, in which segregation was deemed not fitting to the Fourteenth Amendment.

You may have lost your job. You may be in financial crisis. But in these difficult times, someone else is struggling more--count on it. Can your prayers help?

The ruling on this Supreme Court case determined that racial segregation was constitutional because races and different races' facilities were "separate but equal."

An uncommonly high percentage of Florida's jobs are in retail due to the state's extensive tourist industry. Because of this, many urban residents fall into poverty.

From 1787 to 1913 the power to choose United States Senators was vested by the Constitution in the State legislatures. The Seventeenth Amendment changed this.

The Constitution provided for a seat of government for the United States. It did not provide voting rights for those living there.

Although the US acquired lands and trading rights in various foreign lands before the 1890s, the final decade of the century ushered in a strong imperialist movement.

The Anti-Imperialist League represented the ideologies of prominent American writers, educators, and Mugwump Republicans opposed to the extension of US hegemony.

At Barack Obama's historic inauguration on January 20, 2009, he will be sworn-in on the West Front of the US Capitol, facing both the Washington and Lincoln Memorials.

On December 8, 2008 the Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested for criminal corruption charges.The tipping point was the looming appointment of Barack Obama's successor.

The only Political Scientist and Historian to ever hold the presidency, Woodrow Wilson had many ideas about the types of legislation he wanted to enact once in office.

The South Carolina General Assembly has passed a law that allows production of a license plate that reads "I Believe," which violates the Constitution.

The California Redevelopment Association was created to eliminate urban blight and boost local economies. Is it destroying local economies instead?

While the 13th Amendment abolished slavery, it did nothing regarding the legal status of the former slaves. The 14th Amendment gave them citizenship and did much more.

The Second Amendment addresses gun possession. Its language gives support to advocates of strong gun controls or only limited regulation of citizen ownership.

Most people do not realize that the well-known thirteenth amendment - that which ended slavery in America - was not the first "Thirteenth" amendment proposed.