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    "The United States Constitution is a healthy document which still serves our nation exceptionally well and does not need drastic change or revision." Since June twenty first of 1788, when the United States Constitution was ratified in Washington D.C. it has been considered The Law of the Land. Ever since that date, we have followed those rules as the Federal law and overall “ruling” of our lives. For almost two hundred twenty four years, this has been what our country has been following to this

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    happening again. Unlike the artifacts, The Constitution of the United States has not been forgotten, it is actually still very alive today. Unlike most relics, The Constitution still holds a very heroic and patriotic implication, freedom. With freedom comes self-government, freedom of speech, religious tolerance, etc. With all these things comes the great responsibility to adapt and fit to the wants and needs of the decade. Even though the Constitution was made for the interests of the people of

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    United States of America is one of the greatest country that have lot of power that can affect another country. Democracy were originated at Athens, Greece. But as a superpower country that got the independence from a long time, America’s politics and system has been a role model for other country that want to use democracy as a political system in their place. In the world of politics, not only president and vice president have the role in the constitution, many parties and people were included

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    initial problem faced by the framers of the United States Constitution was that it was impossible to list all the powers of government. There were just too many, and they wanted to build a government that would last and stand the test of time. Section 8 of Article one in the Constitution specifies in great detail the powers are limited to those listed and those that are allowed to carry them out. They added a rule near the end of the document, which states: 'Congress has the power to make all Laws

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    The Constitution of the United States is seen by Western Democratic countries as a document that perfectly exemplifies the idea of a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” History has said that the framers of The Constitution were heavily influenced by the great thinkers of the Enlightenment era and the democratic philosophies that were exercised in Ancient Greece. However, history has buried the fact that the ideas that were most influential in The Constitution were not

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    governor of New York rather than the king of Great Britain. The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States had certain conditions for the head and chief of the executive branch. The Constitution states that the president must be a natural born citizen, or at least a citizen at the time the Constitution was adopted. He also must be at least thirty five years old and a resident of the United States for fourteen years or

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    other Nations with a codified constitution, the UK has no single constitutional document- this means, she has no single constitutional document but whose main sources are, Acts of Parliament, Judicial decisions and Constitutional conventions. This essay looks at the features of the UK’s constitution, what a written constitution entails and whether or not it would be desirable for UK to embrace codification being the only European state with an unwritten constitution. There has never been a ‘constitutional

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    to elude a tyrant in its government by shielding against such corruption. During the period of May 25, 1787 to September 17, 1887, fifty-five US delegates convened in Philadelphia to write the Constitution of the United States of America, which was a new form of government that would replace the United States’ earliest government called the Articles of Confederation. As a young nation, the scrappy American country witnessed the futility in the Articles of Confederation to which it did a poor job in

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    United States of America Constitution The United States of America is by far the most successful Republic governed country in the world and has managed to survive for over 223 years. The success can be contributed to the foundation that the farmers created, which is the United States Constitution. The framers knew that with time the needs of the people would evolve due to changes in society. That being said, they knew that the regulations in the Constitution would need to be adjusted or expanded

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    The United States Constitution was signed in 1787, in hopes of creating a new legal system that would ensure basic human rights for all citizens. Often, the constitution evokes political discussion on whether or not there should be a constitutional convention. The article named “Re – examining the Constitution by Kenneth Jost (2012), provides the reader with an interesting analysis of the pros and cons of a constitutional convention (“Con – Con”). Citizens who oppose the Con – Con argue that changing

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