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What is Constitution?

The Constitution stands as one of the most examined documents in American political and legal history, making it a central subject in history, political science, law, and civics courses. Students write about it because it raises enduring questions about the balance of power, the protection of individual rights, and the relationship between citizens and their government. Its origins in the turbulent period following the Articles of Confederation, the debates surrounding its ratification, and its ongoing interpretation through amendments and Supreme Court decisions give it layers of complexity that reward sustained academic attention.

The papers collected here approach the Constitution from several distinct angles. Some take a historical perspective, examining the political pressures of the mid-1780s that drove delegates toward a new framework, or asking whether the document represented a counter-revolution or a national salvation. Others focus on legal and structural analysis, tracing how amendments shape the broader legal system or how federal power is distributed through federalism. Case-focused essays use specific Supreme Court decisions and cases such as Ruiz v. Estelle to ground constitutional principles in concrete legal outcomes. A smaller number of papers place the Constitution in comparative or thematic contexts alongside topics like secular humanism or revolutionary America.

A strong essay on the Constitution requires a focused thesis that moves beyond description toward an interpretive claim about power, rights, or legitimacy. Evidence drawn from the text of amendments, congressional authority, and documented legal precedent carries the most weight in historical and legal arguments. The most common pitfall is treating the Constitution as a static document rather than one continuously reshaped by political conflict, court interpretation, and the evolving relationship between citizens and federal government.

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Foreign funding and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in elections

This study answers various questions concerning government, political campaigns, Constitutional limitations on government functions and actions, as well as other such related questions. At particular focus is campaign funding by foreign entities and Constitutional limits placed on the U.S. government, questions on lobbying and voting processes. Questions on Texas government are also addressed in this study.

Paper Doctorate

President Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address budget and economic policy

This work was a summation of the President Barak Obama's 2013 State of the Union address. This work divides the speech into four distinct categories before filling each one in with bullet points that relate to the heading. This essay included the headings of economy, military, values and education to help break down the speech and make an concise summary

Film criticism of "Egalite for All": portrayal of Toussaint Louverture

It does deal with the stated period and the history of the times--1780's. But the director has taken the viewer for granted in many issues. For example the slave system of Haiti is simply stated as ‘black slaves and white owners. Secondly the film has downplayed the efforts of the blacks as they were then called, in the revolution. It appears to be made that the city got independence more by chance rather than by their struggle. The history and the settings have not been made clear. Opinions of the commentators are too garishly underlined more than the necessary facts. The viewer would never know if the slaves were brought to the island from Africa, or where they natives who were enslaved? If they were brought from Arica, at a time when the US was promoting slavery and Napoleon was supposed to promote liberty, equality and fraternity that were the slave system like? What role did the constitution that was made by Toussaint play in the later day declaration of independence? What is the position now? Whose interests were and are being protected?

Paper Doctorate

Eutrophication-induced hypoxia in coastal marine ecosystems

Anthropogenic fertilization of the marine systems under the influence of excessive nitrogen is one of the factors essential in the development of numerous ecosystem changes in relation to the levels. Eutrophication results in the development of visible ecosystem in the form of the greening of the water column as a reflection of the vegetation and algae in the context of the coastal areas in response to the nutrient enrichment. Despite this fact, majority of the humanity lives with minimal awareness with reference to the role, diversity, and significance or importance of the marine microbes. There are various types of the marine microbes in the form of bacteria, viruses, fungi, protists, and archaea.

Thesis Doctorate

The rise of egalitarianism and slavery in post-Revolutionary America

American Revolution had far ranging effects not only in Colonial America but also throughout the rest of 18th Century society. These effects started slowly but eventually transcended nearly every aspect of life in…

Thesis Undergraduate

Employee privacy invasion in the modern workplace

This dissertation is about employee privacy torts. The age of technology has brought various social dilemmas to the forefront and invasion of privacy of employees at workplace is a significant one to mention. Gaining access to private and sensitive information of an individual by the employer is typically referred to the invasion of privacy. However, rules, acts and guidelines have been developed by the legislation of the United States to protect the privacy rights of the employees, but this aspect has not been widely expressed. Employee privacy in the workplace has been observed as relatively new emerging areas of concern in the modern world that has been highlighted from various historical events and occurrences. The advocates unequivocally declare that they should be leveraged with the privacy rights in order to be protective and competent. However, potential conflicts have occurred with respect to the privacy, as the employers have initiated to monitor the activities of the employees. The innovative technology, the rapidly increasing use of social media and the changing trends of the society are the leading components that have augmented the issue to paramount heights. In response to alleviate the intensity of the issue, legislative bodies have developed various laws to protect the invasion of employee privacy that include Electronic Communication Privacy Act. Moreover, various Supreme Court decisions in favor to the privacy rights conclude that this grave concern has been recognized as fundamental to the current society, even though the legislations do not explicitly assure the right to employee privacy at workplace. Few recommendations are provided for the employers that would facilitate them in developing policies considering the employee privacy with gravity in order to ensure that they do not run afoul of the law. Future implications of employee privacy have also been precisely discussed.

Chinese influence on early Japanese political and cultural development

The Japanese were concerned about adopting attitudes brought from China during the country's early years. Prince Shotoku in particular was interested in introducing Chinese ideas into his community because he appreciated the fact that the Chinese were well organized and that their political system was structured so as for it to address the needs of both the people and their leaders. Emperor Kotoku was also concerned about adopting behaviors that would make the Japanese state more similar to the Chinese one and established the Taika reforms in an attempt to promote Confucian thinking and philosophies from China. While some of these reforms were meant to help Japan experience progress in a series of domains, they were generally purposed to restructure the political system in order for a strict hierarchy to dominate the Japanese social order.

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Conscription as a mechanism for youth discipline and social stability

This project consists of a three page review of the relevant literature concerning the draft in the United States. The review presents an argument in favor of the reinstatement of the draft and cites several salient reasons in support of this position. The literature review concludes by emphasizing the need for more manpower i the U.S. armed forces.

Research Paper Doctorate

Pauline Maier's "American Scripture" and the Declaration of Independence's authorship

¶ … individuals what is the most important document in their religion, and they will give answers such as Torah, New Testament, Koran, Book of Mormon and Teaching of Buddha. However, unless any of these people are clear…

Research Paper Doctorate

The V-chip as a solution to television violence exposure

The growing instances of violent crime -- from carjacking to school shootings -- has created growing fear among many Americans. Policymakers, scholars and citizens have made different suggestions regarding the rising…

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