Article One of the United States Constitution

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    The constitution of the United States is composed of 7 articles and 27 amendments. These articles and amendments each have an important role in maintaining the government’s power balanced and limited. Article one, section one, clause one , explains how congress is given the power to make laws. This section is also known as the “vesting clause” no other branch is allowed to have this same power. Section two clause one, explains the ways of the house of representatives. The citizens of each state get

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    freedom of speech compare with the United States and a communist country such as Vietnam? Both the Constitution of The United States and the Constitution of Vietnam use similar wording when laying out the rights of their inhabitants. The United States promise of freedom of speech lies in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, whereas Vietnam's promise of freedom of speech lies in Article twenty-five of The Amended Constitution of 1992 (Hung the Constitution 9). In todays fast paced technological

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    Amendment to the Constitution that actually bars state cessation, many have overlooked the Articles of Confederation, a document that pre-dates the Constitution. As it stands, the Articles of Confederations addresses this very issue. Historically speaking, in the 1860’s, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story successfully laid this argument to rest, pointing out that “the term perpetual, found in the Articles of the Confederation, deemed the Union indissoluble” (McClanahan, 2012). Furthermore, one of Justice

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    which talked about publicizing the Constitution, “partly federal and partly national .” James Madison argues with his claim because it was reliable with Dual Federalism. John Kincaid stated that dual federalism is, “when the governments and federal governments exercise powers independently.” When both state governments and federal governments split they each have their own unique functions, by creating different kinds of laws. For instance, if the United States are going through a tough time the

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    Republicanism: There were 3 different definitions of republicanism that were brought up in the United States. The first form, held by members of the educated elites were influenced by the histories of the popular governments in Greece and Rome, and were believed that republics could only succeed if they were small in size and the same size in population. A republic offered its citizens equality for opportunity in return for sacrifices. A “natural aristocracy,” men who were able to elevate in talent

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    During the late 1700’s, it occurred to Americans that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised. The weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation, which included the lack of power to conduct domestic responsibilities such as taxation and regulation of commerce, caused the United States to become bankrupt. Eventually, the new country was faced with the daunting task to greatly alter the Articles of Confederation. In February 1787, America finally persuaded the Continental Congress to convene

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    independence from the Great Britain. The United States would officially become its own nation once the Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3rd of 1783. The leaders of this new American nation now had a new adventurous journey ahead, one that would have many troubles and issues along the way. In the act of establishing government in America, the new leaders would create the Articles of Confederation, which was the first constitution of the United States. This document would help to settle the conflicts

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    Asia Pratka The United States Constitution was created in fear of protecting the people that it governed from the government itself. The Framers pursued the Constitution to prevent the government that they had left behind, the Monarchy of England. After the failed Articles of Confederation, they needed a strong, balanced federal government. Leaving tyrannical England where leaders were not held accountable, disparaging towards natural rights, and lack of consent from the people it governs. The Framers

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    The Articles of Confederation were the document the United States had before the Constitution. It was ratified in the year 1781. It was unsuccessful in creating an actual union. The document did not create a strong central government. Since it gave most of the power to the individual states, it was much harder to keep order. The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led it to be replaced. In 1789 the Constitution was ratified. It was a much more effective as it created a stronger central government

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    The Articles of Confederation is the congress adopted The Articles of Confederation and they adopted it in the month of November in 1777. All the states did not agree with The Articles of Confederation until like month of march on the 1 in 1781. They needed a stronger Federal Government and they eventually led them to the Constitutional Convention. The current United States replaced the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution in the month March in 1789. During the Constitution George Washington

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