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What are some advantages of having the same US constitution for over 200 years?

Question by Chris: What are some advantages of having the same US constitution for over 200 years?
Might sound a little silly, but what are some of the pros and cons to having the same United States constitution that we still have today?

And why do you think the constitution has been able to last thing long?

Best answer:

Answer by Jamei
doffy

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What are 5 things in common between the US Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

Question by wheezer: What are 5 things in common between the US Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
For Honors History, I need to compare the Constitution and the UDHR. What are 5 points in the Declaration that are also clearly stated in the Constitution?

Best answer:

Answer by George S
There are similarities but the UDHR is much more idealized. It also gives a loophole I’m sure is used regularly by political leaders around the world. Politicians everywhere are what I call masters of expedience and will continually have crisis allowing them exceptions of all kinds even if they must manufacture the crisis.

Our Bill of Rights was created separately from the Constitution by an opposing faction (anti-Federalist farmers and tradesmen) to the people sponsoring the Constitution (Federalist Party bankers and merchants). Those rights were intended as protection against the Constitution and the people who sponsored it. Included was citizens rights to military weapons for forcing those rights when they were threatened by governments.

The UDHR is far to idealistic and dependent on the UN to enforce. There is no guarantee to arms for the people to enforce it against governments and the UN if even they violate it. They are far too unreliable to be trusted and so is any governing group. I suspect the main function of the UDHR is to provide HRC members fat salaries and secure bureaucratic positions to pretend they are actually doing something worthwhile when it actually futile.

None of it will hold up as resources again become strained by the still-grossly overpopulating cultures around the world. Expanding hordes of desperate people has always caused most wars. The propaganda involved is just to rationalize what the burgeoning hordes must do anyway: slaughter their neighbors and take their land for coming generations with even larger populations.

Instead of wasting their time with this kind of empty words making futile proclamations they should focus on promoting birth control everywhere. The world needs to shed 4 billion or more people before any hope of sustained peace and cooperation is possible.

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Why did the writers of the Constitution created a federal system of government?

Question by casey: Why did the writers of the Constitution created a federal system of government?
Also, what’s the relationship between the principles of checks and balances and the separation of powers as detailed in the Constitution?

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Answer by Professortemple
They created a stronger federal system of the government in the Constitution because of the failures of the Articles of Confederation, which made for a very weak federal government, and gave all the powers to the states, leading to a number of problems, including within the military, taxation, currency, trade, and mobility of citizens.
The checks and balances system is a key feature of the separation of powers, in that it allows for one branch of the government to ensure that the other(s) aren’t exceeding their power.

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What are two ways the constitution allows our government to make decisions concerning individual rights?

Question by Young Quezy: What are two ways the constitution allows our government to make decisions concerning individual rights?
What are two ways the constitution allows our government to make decisions concerning individual rights?

Also, whats one situation where the United Sates government has suspended individual rights to protect the “common good”?

Give as much description as you can, thanks.

Best answer:

Answer by fredo
The Constitution gives Congress the ability to suspend habeas corpus (the doctrine saying you have a right to a hearing if you are being detained) in times of war or insurrection, effectively allowing Congress to decide that individual rights are outweighed by national security.

Also, the Constitution gives Congress the authority to enforce the 14th Amendment, which guarantees the same rights for all people. So they are allowed to make decisions regarding individual rights when it comes to making states give their citizens equal rights.

The government has suspended habeas corpus, once during the Civil War, once during Reconstruction, and again recently following 9-11.

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What power allows the president to act outside the constitution?

Question by Tricia: What power allows the president to act outside the constitution?
What power is granted to the president in the constitution which allows the president to act outside the constitution, and, therefore allows for the president to check or balance of the executive branch?

Best answer:

Answer by Mujer Alta
Please give an example. All of us – including the president – who’ve taken the oath to “…protect and defend the Constitution ….” aren’t given a list of exceptions. The Constitution is not very specific in a lot of areas so the president has some wiggle room but he can’t “check and balance himself. By definition the checks and balances come from the other branches of government.

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Was the Constitution a fulfillment of the Revolution or a reaction to its excesses?

Question by neyo77: Was the Constitution a fulfillment of the Revolution or a reaction to its excesses?
Contrast the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution in terms of liberty and power. Was the Constitution a fulfillment of the Revolution or a reaction to its excesses?

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Answer by annabellleigh3
What excesses were there in the American revolution? Death, Hunger, or Cold?
The constitution was a fulfillment of the the Revolution, in the fact that the whole war was fought simply for the right to make such a document!

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How is President Obama violating US Constitution Article 1 Section 9 as some people claim?

Question by Mr Wolf (big bad cons love to block me): How is President Obama violating US Constitution Article 1 Section 9 as some people claim?
US Constitution
Article 1
Section 9,
No Person holding any Office shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

President Obama is chairman of the UN Security Counsel.
The United nations which is headquarter in New York is not a King, Prince, or a foreign State.

Best answer:

Answer by Lying Republican Moron
He does not. Neocons do not even know what they are talking about. Their goal is to smear and to demonize President in any possible way. Some of them even claim that President Obama is an Alien from outer space.

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How do you interpret the Constitution using these 3 ideas?

Question by Lamont!: How do you interpret the Constitution using these 3 ideas?
Constructional, Stewardship and Prerogative

Constructional theory is that elected politician should not have many more power then what the constitution grants them. This interpretation is strict when it comes to the constitution

Stewardship theory is that elected politicians have the power to do what the constitution grants them and more as long as they don’t do any think the constitution says they cant do. This interpretation is moderate when it comes to the constitution

Prerogative theory is that elected politicians do that the constitution grants them and more and can go against what the constitution says if needed to better represent the people that elected them. This interpretation is lenient when it comes to the constitution.
Also, state your political party or ideology

Best answer:

Answer by J_Spicoli
Stewardship – moderate democrat.

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Ambrose Video Launches Documentaries on U.S. Constitution

Ambrose Video Launches Documentaries on U.S. Constitution













David L. Hudson, Jr. – First Amendment Scholar


New York, NY (PRWEB) April 25, 2011

Ambrose Video Publishing understands the vital role the government plays in the lives of its citizens. In their newest documentaries, Ambrose strives to give an unbiased and in-depth education about the Constitutional rights of the American people, the Supreme Court decisions regarding these rights, and the rich historical background that brought these rights to fruition.

“Every student should understand the history behind our Constitution and what Supreme Court decisions mean to our lives. We had such an overwhelming response to our initial series A History of the U.S. Constitution we felt it important to expand on that and include more issues, which we have done with these three new series,” says William Ambrose, President and CEO of Ambrose Video Publishing.

The First Amendment in the 21st Century series explores decisions affecting guaranteed rights made by the Judicial Branch of the government. Each of the eight programs is hosted by expert David L. Hudson, Jr., a scholar for the First Amendment Center and published author of a collection of books on the subject.

A History of Equal Rights in America documents the ongoing effort to gain a clear and permanent guarantee of privileges for women and all economically disadvantaged groups, from the right to own property to the formation of labor unions, women’s suffrage, consumer rights, equal pay, Title IX and the Disabilities Act. Key historical individuals such as: Susan B. Anthony and Horace Mann, along with contemporary figures like Madeleine Albright; and issues such as the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade are included.

A History of Civil Rights in America is a series that delineates the development of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the 13th and 14th Amendments, civil rights legislation, and court decisions, as well as examines fearless civil rights leaders such as Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

The programs include historical and legal documents and are available to Universities, Schools and Consumers, and can be streamed at:

http://www.ambrosedigital.com/

or purchased on DVD at:

http://www.ambrosevideo.com/

About Ambrose Video

Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc. has been a leading educational producer for 25 years specializing in History, Science and Drama. Ambrose hosts a collection of over 1000 educational videos featuring timely science and history topics.

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Q&A: How many countries use a Constitution written centuries ago without updating into new ones?

Question by Nancy Pelosi 2016: How many countries use a Constitution written centuries ago without updating into new ones?
The more I think about it, the more it seems that the gridlock in government is due to the system itself.
We need a new and more modern Constitution, with modern values.

Best answer:

Answer by Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
You mean to tell me liberty is too old fashioned and outdated?

I couldn’t tell at first, just from your name but after reading this, I’ve concluded that you must be trolling. There’s just no other explanation.

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