Category: American Constitution

Throughout history, religion and politics have always been interlaced to a certain extent. Indeed, the first has been an effective way to address the social relationship among the citizens and it had been useful to create a sense of belonging to a particular socio-political culture. This is further emphasized by the fact that most civilizations…

One document that influenced the Texas constitution was the United States constitution. These two constitutions are very similar. As a matter of fact, both the United States and Texas constitutions have a bill of rights, a bicameral legislature, a system of checks and balances, and a separation of powers within the three branches of government;…

A constitution is an aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization, or another type of entity and commonly determine how that entity or country or government is to be governed. When these principles are written down into a single document or set of legal documents, they…

Independence of Judiciary In India, the question of the independence of the judiciary has been a subject of heated national debates and articles over the last many years. It has exercised the minds of legislators, jurists, and politicians. Both the supporters and the opponents have cogent arguments in support of their views. This question assumes…

America Divided: The Impeachment of the 45th President of the United States Zero transparency and/or accountability, claims of being above the law, not working with the other co-equal branches of government, evidence of illicit behaviors and actions, and the slippage of democracy. These are all things our founding fathers feared to happen in our great…

Before the Constitutional Convention, America lived by a set of rules known as The Articles of Confederation. This was essentially the first Constitution but was a flawed one a best. The idea was that The Articles of Confederation would establish a national government that was equitable to all member states. The national government would be…

You are visiting a local shopping mall when you slip on a puddle, and break your leg, this is considered a Tort. A tort is any wrongful act, or accident that leads to a legal liability. Torts can be broken into two categories: Intentional Torts, and Negligence. An example of intentional torts may be getting…

Those who kept up with the news would be no stranger to how dysfunctional the Congress were back in 2013, during Obamas terms. In 2013, Jeffrey Toobin, a staff writer at The New Yorker and the senior legal analyst for CNN, wrote an impressive essay called Our Broken Constitution. Toobin went through the history of…

The massive majority of modern constitutions pronounce the rudimentary ideologies of the state, the structures and procedures of government and the fundamental privileges of the people in a higher law that cannot be individually altered by a regular legislative act. This superior law is frequently denoted as a constitution. The content and nature of various…

The U.S. Constitution: From Past to Present The U.S. Constitution contains 4,400 words and is 17 pages long, or 4 parchments. Some people will say those 4,400 words are outdated for todays modern society. When you look back in history, people such as Samual Adams and Patrick Henry were against the constitution. They were known…