Articles related to "State Constitutions"

Although the Constitution has been amended numerous times through a lengthy process, many proposed amendments never made it beyond the House of Representatives.

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.

Follow the guidelines set forth in Rule 11 to ensure you have used proper legal Bluebook style when citing a federal or state constitution.

Afghani man converts to Christianity and will possibly face the death penalty. Islamic law, the Sharia, forbids the worship or practice of Christianity among the Islamic people. President Karzia must convince the Judiciary board of Muslim fundamentalist conservatives to consider this decision in light of the current situation as Christianity has become an ally to these people. Or, has the U.S., in fact, become too involved in a situation beyond its control?

This is the first in a series of articles on how the Founding Fathers' vision remains important. States' loss of say in the federal system harmed them in the long run.

An illogical compromise over representation was reached to enable the "slave" states to be be part of United States.

The events that led up to the ratification of the United States Constitution were challenging for the founders. Prior to the writing of the Constitution colonial America

Howard Zinn, in A People's History of The United States, offers a penetrating critique of the universal ideas characteristically attributed to the Founding Fathers

Tennessee's state legislature has passed a measure that could strip the state constitution of abortion rights.

In addition to sharing political goals, John and Samuel Adams shared a family tree. They were both great-grandsons of Joseph Adams and Abigail Baxter Adams of Braintree,

The Revolutionary War brought the desired freedom the young states wanted, but it also brought great debt. Alexander Hamilton's idea on how to pay the debt caused mayhem.

Recent legal challenges to the "So help me God" codicil, stated by US Presidents when sworn in, have highlighted what is really constitutional and what is mere tradition.

Did the U. S. Constitution claim that Africans were only three/fifths human? No, the three/fifths compromise decided representation, not the humanity of individuals.

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

North and South Carolina are the best example of how combining two states can save taxpayer dollars, reform political participation, and serve as a national model.

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?

In 2005, the Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement announced that schools receiving federal funding must recognize the Constitution on September 17th.

The author of the Nine Moons Blog was called in by her stake president and asked to make a sizeable contribution to support Proposition 8.

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.

Born in 1751, James Madison, the fourth President of the United States was brought up in Orange County, Virginia.

Jeffrey Toobin's "The Nine" is a thorough and engaging description of the current Supreme Court justices and their respectives paths to the highest court in the land.

Where can one go to find information on free market economics and the Framers perspective on the United States Constitution?

Montana Senate's Personhood Amendment effectively bans abortion but it still has a long way to go before it becomes part of the state constitution, if it does at all.

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.

On Election Day, Californians will vote to eliminate same-sex marriage or keep it legal. Here's why Prop 8 is the hot-button issue among LGBT voters this year.

On Election Day, Californians will vote to eliminate same-sex marriage or keep it legal. Here's why Prop 8 is the hot-button issue among LGBT voters this year.

Every state of the United States governs people within its territory. No authority exists for a state's law enforcement officials to arrest someone outside its territory.

Ten years ago, on November 30, 1999, 40,000 protesters, including religious groups, workers unions, environmentalists, and anarchists, kept WTO members penned in hotels.

The economic recession hit California particularly hard, and state government is unable to fix the problem. Is a new constitution the only way to save the Golden State?

The first three Articles of the United States Constitution detail and discuss specific powers reserved to the three branches of government that enable a balance of power.

In an April 3, 2009 opinion, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled the exclusion of same-sex marriage unconstitutional under the Iowa Constitution's equal protection clause.

About a month before the election, the issue of Question 1 has been hotly debated. Why is this so and what is at stake?

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

The history of Thanksgiving is not just about Pilgrims. Learn about the role Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt had in creating the modern Thanksgiving.

A letter writeen by the First Presidency was read to California wards on June 29 asking members to support a measure defying marriage as between a man and woman.

Women were shut out from formally participating in politics. Yet, Mercy's writings captured the views of revolutionaries--impacting the political arenas of her day.

The Montana Senate has passed legislation giving legal rights "a human being at all stages of human development of life," effectively banning abortion.

Oregon's Willamette Valley was the first area to be settled. The Native population had been cleared out by epidemics opening up the area to settlement.

In the United States, the law is derived from four primary sources: the Constitution, statutes, administrative regulations, and case law.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking a federal court to prevent 'In God We Trust' from being added to Capitol Visitor Center.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is missing dozens of historical documents and items, and no one knows where they are or how they disappeared.

The purpose of this book was to follow pioneers as they moved west across the United States of America. He begins the book with Anglo-American settlements to the 1890.

Devised during the Revolutionary War, the weak central government of the Articles of Confederation was unable to cope with the pressing problems of a new nation.

Drug testing of high school athletes is determined on a state by state basis by the high school athletic governing body of each state. The trend is growing.

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.

Starting or joining a debate team is an important decision. Learn more about policy, classic, and Lincoln-Douglas debate.

The legality of same sex unions is in the news again because of an Iowa court decision and Vermont legislation. Here is a new look at problem-solving for this issue.

Height worked alongside Mary McLeod Bethune, Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, Jr. to end segregation.

It is important to study facts in order to vote for the best possible presidential choice. For over 6.2 million American educators in public schools: Who is it?