The United States presidential election began in 1800 between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The House of Representatives would vote for the presidential primary election. Alexander Hamilton Burr’s rival convinced many Federalists in the House of Representatives to vote for Thomas Jefferson allowing him to win the presidency. The election of 1800, which began an […]
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Many of us are familiar with most of the 10 Amendments that make up the Bill of Rights section of the U.S. Constitution. However, other parts of this very important document often go unnoticed. One of those parts is Article 5 of the Constitution. Its purpose is to outline how the U.S. Constitution can be […]
What are the roles of the judiciary within the mechanism of checks and balances reflected in the Federalist Papers, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of the American Judiciary? Be sure to include a clear explanation of what the Founding Fathers meant by “checks and balances.” Through various analysis of the Federalist papers written […]
COMMENT | By writing this, I hereby give the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) jurisdiction to shoot me with a Predator drone if I ever become an “elderly Al Qaida operational chief” or “joint forces”. I do not believe that the laws of due process apply to the conditions of the battle, whether the president […]
Since the birth of this nation, the issue of federal authority verses states’ rights has been a heavily contested issue. The debate over the relationship between the federal and states governments and over the principles of interposition and nullification began well before the Civil War. Support for federal power existed from the beginning of United […]