... Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, thought that the Constitution should be interpreted very loosely. He claimed that the Constitution contained powers other than those delegated or enumerated. These unspecified powers were implied powers. To explain these powers, Hamilton said it would be natural - or implied - that the federal government would gain control over any territory gained through conquest of purchase, although the Constitution made no mention of territorial control. In essence, Hamilton wished to use the implied powers to build a strong and authoritative central government. In 1789, th ...

... all who are involved in its enforcement, as well as its victim.�(Stewart 1) Perhaps the most frequent argument for capital punishment is that of deterrence. The prevailing thought is that imposition of the death penalty will act to dissuade other criminals from committing violent acts. Numerous studies have been created attempting to prove this belief; however, “[a]ll the evidence taken together makes it hard to be confident that capital punishment deters more than long prison terms do.�(Cavanagh 4) Going ever farther, Bryan Stevenson, the executive director of the Montgomery based Equal Justice Initiative, ha ...

... just recognizing a cadidate's name is sufficient for some people. This is a definate advantage to incumbents such as Crocker Jarman who is McKay's opponent. When a person goes to vote, he or she is most likely to vote for the name that sounds most familiar to them. This is one reason no one felt that McKay would win. Politics is about influencing people and persuading people to vote for the best candidate. People then elect the candidate that presented himself the best during his campaign or previous seat of office. Many individuals today do not have the initiative to research a candidate's platform or his ...

... beneficial issues which have hovered around our criminal courts and will continue to plague and pester them for years to come. By observing and understanding certain issues presented in this book, I was able to comprehend what type of person Greenspan is, what he believes in, what he represents and what he would do for his profession. The wheels of jurisprudence are always turning, and I came to realise how Greenspan worked and bargained for his status in the country to be solidifed. this book also flourished with innovative situations pertaining to the most diversified of criminal charges, to the most uncanny regi ...

... oppressive force in their life. I find many parallels between women's experiences in the nineties with Betty Friedan's, in her essay: The Way We Were - 1949. She dealt with a society that expected women to fulfill certain roles. Those roles completely disregarded the needs of educated and motivated business women and scientific women. Actually, the subtle message that society gave was that the educated woman was actually selfish and evil. I remember in particular the searing effect on me, who once intended to be a psychologist, of a story in McCall's in December 1949 called "A Weekend with Daddy." A little girl who l ...

... that make it almost impossible to get things done. Many bills sit in congress for ages until they are finally decided on, usually only with unnecessary additions that waste government money for special public works programs. In order to meet its obligations to the American people, the government needs to reduce its size and make it easier to get important programs accomplished while weeding out the needless ones. Second, the government has not met its obligations with America in the area of separation of powers. The government today is so divided along party lines that many things the American people want do not g ...

... what they really are. There is no way of knowing what sex someone is when he or she is logged in. The net is made up of hundreds of thousands of separate communities, each with its own special character. It is difficult to eliminate a certain sex from a specific community when people have the power to disguise themselves. Communication in cyberspace lets people explore their personalities by creating new on-line personae. This seems to be the main concern for frequent Internet users. A significant observation is the amount of men that will log on as women. Jodi Obrien put it best when she states, “Many men say ...

... law abiding citizens who are most in need of a form of self-defense. To fully understand the reasons behind the efforts, we must look at the history of our country, and the role firearms have played in it. The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States makes firearm ownership legal in this country. There were good reasons for this freedom, reasons which persist today. Firearms in the new world were used initially for hunting, and occasionally for self-defense. However, when the colonist felt that the burden of British oppression was too much for them to bear, they picked up their personal firea ...

... for an injunction to be issued by Iowa. This court refused the idea, forcing them to take the case to the Supreme Court. After hearing their case, the Supreme Court agreed with the Tinkers. They said that wearing black armbands was a silent form of expression and that students do not have to give up their 1st Amendment rights at school. This landmark Supreme Court case was known as Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District. From the case of Tinker v. Des Moines Ind. School Board obviously came some conflicting viewpoints about the armbands. The school board said that no one has the absolute right to fre ...

... by an overwhelming over population problem. As a result, Chinese government officials developed the one birth policy. This policy has effectively controlled population growth problems in China, but by the same token it has also caused severe internal problems. One of the most deplorable results is the active murder and abortions of female babies and fetuses. There are now nearly 30 million missing females in China. The family planning program has changed the status of women. Males are most often wanted more than females, for males can do the work in the fields. If there is a chance a baby might be a female, ...