Article Review Essay

The ratifications debates were conducted in New York within a period of seven days between June 21st and 28th of 1788. The debates were dominated by speeches from the Federalists and Anti-Federalists regarding the concerns and opinions about how the country should be governed as well as the contents of the Constitution. Among the notable Federalists were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and George Washington while the Anti-Federalists included Thomas Jefferson among other figures. Although the…

George Mason was the primary author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and maintained his Anti-Federalist viewpoints despite being from a primarily Federalist part of Virginia. It is because of George Mason’s comment on September 12, 1787 that the bill of rights became a discussion point. He simple stated he, “wished the plan had been prefaced by a Bill of Rights,” because he thought it would give “great quiet” to the people. He thought it would only take a few hours. Hence, having…

During the ratification debates of the US Constitution, there was conversation over the necessity of a bill of rights to define people’s rights and limit the government’s powers. Many federalists believed such a bill of rights would not only be unnecessary, but would weaken the constitution and the people, and give the government powers they should have. Noah Webster, Alexander Hamilton, and James Wilson each make arguments against a bill of rights. Webster argues that a bill of rights may be…

Life in early America was a period of experimentation. With the Revolution over, colonies began drafting their state constitutions, and America worked on the Articles of Confederation. This new country was eager to construct a smooth- running government, but the poorly constructed document only led to problems. Due to a lack of national powers, which ultimately led to an uprising and other difficulties, it was only a matter of time before the United States would need to make corrections to…

David Pellow's "Waste, Politics, and Enviromental Injustice" states that there is no clear way to label villains and the heroes in the environmental justice because environmental inequalities emerge and changes over time and places. There is no clear guide line that can be agreed upon by every social groups. The distribution of the benefits and the cost is determined by the powerful class with the control over valuable resource including the money. Social class without power to seize the…

reforms to the Articles of Confederation a far more powerful national government would be replacing it (Paletz, Owen and Cook). The American Constitution and Bill of Rights established the foundations of American politics through initiating the first ten amendments which illustrate the civil liberties that human beings are entitled to, and as a result of the Constitutional Convention a document-the American Constitution-that advocated for a much more powerful government than the Articles of…

The Constitution of the United States was written as a system of mapping out and outlining the structure of the United States’ new government. Having gained independence from Britain, the U.S. was searching for and debating about different forms of rule and the distribution of power in the government; many new Americans feared that the tyranny imposed by Britain on the colonies could be reinstated by a new overly powerful executive due to a lack of restrictions and an overabundance of authority.…

of Civilization by Samuel Huntington have faced many accounts of criticism from many disciplines. He replied to his critics in a Foreign Policy article in 1993 titled as “If Not Civilizations, What?” He addressed some of the critiques to his thesis of civilizations in the article, however, he responded with “got a better idea?” In his article, he has identified what concepts, theories, and paradigms are. Furthermore, he pointed out by referencing Kuhn that “anomalous events do not…

Ancient Rome Ancient Rome used to be ruled over by a king, but then eventually everything got out of hand and the King was overruled. The Roman Empire turned into being a republic. They didn’t want to be ruled over by a king, they wanted to make their own decisions, their own laws, and they want to have their own democracy. One challenge when there is a republic is meeting the common good. Now looking back on everything ancient room only somewhat not the common good In their empire.…

are similar. They have the same goal: to improve the nation. When one looks a little closer you can see many differences in the two constitutions. The Brazilian constitution has 246 articles and 64 amendments…