Canada. On June 26, 2015, same sex marriages was legalised in the United States of America creating a broad new spectrum of rights for their communities.The US Supreme Court has decided that same-sex marriage is a lawful right over the United States. It implies the 14 states with bans on same-sex marriage will never again have the capacity to implement them. Equity Anthony
Pros and cons of having a written Constitution: • Accessibility – Today’s modern era thrives for nothing but equality within the hierarchy of classes in our public system. The Constitution should be able to be accessed by anyone, regardless of their class, race or sex and not just by those involved in the government and parliamentary system. This way everyone has a way of educating themselves on the different rules and regulations of the law through a simple document, thus allowing it to come across
disadvantages of the Electoral College. The Electoral College was created by our founding fathers. Advantages and Disadvantages of Electoral College. (2014, July 29). “The founding fathers of the Electoral College had established it within the Constitution as the compromise between the President’s election by the vote within Congress as well as the election of the President based on the common vote of eligible citizens.” Retrieved from http://occupytheory.org/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-electoral-college/
In order and to discuss the pros and cons of both written and unwritten constitutions, we must first define the terminology used. While the ‘written’ and ‘unwritten’ constitutions seem easily distinguishable based on their descriptions, it is important to note that often times an unwritten constitution simply means that the laws of the state are not compiled into one original document. An unwritten constitution is generally the result of historical development. It was never made by a representative
stated in the constitution, or the Declaration of Independence. Well the Liberal side is right. There is no actual word “God” in any of those documents. However in reality, the fathers who wrote the constitution built their structure upon the foundation of Natural Law. Natural Law is defined as: “A body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct” (Microsoft Encarta). To the founders of the United States Declaration of Independence and the constitution, “Natural Law”
The Nation’s College The United States Constitution for the past 226 years, has protected United States citizens against tyranny and injustice. However, many say today that some amendments are no longer relevant in today’s society. One political issue many critiques argue that despite the positives and possible negative effects if repealed, the repeal of the Electoral College is necessary. For the past 8-24 years, issues similar to the Electoral College, have caused gridlock between Republicans
The Constitution of USA states that Justice of the supreme court "shall hold their Offices during good Behavior." This also indicates that, the supreme court Justice establish a strict control on office as long as they are elected and can only be dismissed from the office for the case of impeachment (formally accusing a public official for doing wrong against public.). It is the President that elects and nominates an eligible individual for an available position in the Supreme Court and then in
parties, split over its effectiveness. This has caused Americans to publish studies and lobby their governments to pass bills that will increase or decrease the government’s hand in controlling firearms. While many people use emotion to back up their pro-control argument say it will save lives, others use statistics about shootings, violent crime involving guns, and self-defense to defend their claim. More gun control in the United States would not be effective because: it would create a larger black
By far, some of the most important men to influence the U.S constitution and our country, in its entirety, is Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. These two prominent English Philosophers both created theories that shaped the ideas and morals of our government. John Locke is known as “The father of classical liberalism” for his theories on classical republicanism and the liberal theory. Thomas Hobbes was primarily known for his public work Leviathan which discussed his views on the social contract theory
as such the Patriot Act preserve both. The critics, however are of the mind set that the Patriot Act is not successful in defending our country and does sustain the vital steadiness of protecting privacy or individual freedom as provided in the constitution and data required by the nation to counter terror activeness to be performed by law enforcement representation and, therefore efforts are needed to change the