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Define government

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Organization or structure through which decisions made in the political process are carried out

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Define a nationstate

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And organize part of the greater society of man which occupies a G a graphically to find portion of the earth

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What is the role of values in the making political decisions

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Values have a big role political decisions

The bible
A book of a fiction
An important Guide and life as it benefits you
View that Christians have that it was written by God and set the value so which this nation was founded on

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What is the relationship of the political process to government actions

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A public policy that we have is that everyone pays taxes

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What did Plato and Aristotle suggest about good government that is now part of the United States Constitution

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A good government protects the people and a bad government has no law and make them up as I go

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What are the differences between autocracies and constitutional democracy

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In autocracy has no honor in the rule of law it is a one party rule and has no changes in a democracy it honors it honor rule of law and make changes slowly

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How is an authoritarian and a totalitarian government different

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And authoritarian government limits their power to government control in a limited impact of ordinary citizens a totalitarianism government itself people how they will live all personal activities or watch they have no rights and they’re constantly spied on

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How are a total Terrian and government and authoritarian government similar

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His cat casually one person committee and power no restraint by the rule of law and no guarantee you civil liberties or civil rights

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Great Britain has a cabinet system in the United States has a democracy how do these two types of democracies differ in their operation

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And a parliamentary system the majority power wind and there are no checks and balances no one to veto in a presidential system to protect our freedom has no immediate changes

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What is a unitary government

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It’s a weatherstripping power I was all power is held in national capital organize from the top down

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What is a federal government

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Two levels of government in which each level has sovereignty over different policy matters and geographic areas

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What is the confederate system

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The polar opposite of a unitary system all power is held in local state

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What is a Marxist socialism

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Socialism owns violent revolution totalitarian government doesn’t generate wealth

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What is a democratic socialism

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Government owns almost all big business corporate government bought

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Democratic welfare state

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Keep wealth generating advantages with social safety net and modern Taxes

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Individual capitalism

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Free-market capitalism let the laws of supply and demand a term in wages and prices family support

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Anarchy

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Voluntary association

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Where do Democrats and Republicans fit in

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Democrats fit in with the marsh of government a democratic welfare and democratic socialism Republicans fit in an individual capitalism and anarchy

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What major issue divides Republican and Democratic parties in America

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Social freedom and social order

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What historical events produce constitutional democracy in the west

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The Roman Republic that came up with everyone has the right that the government should respect, federalism – if a peasant Gaylann they will be protected

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On what assumptions about mankind does democracy depend

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A man has his dignity and worth both men and women are equal the best governments honor the rule of law and majority vote is the way decisions are made

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List four factors that make it possible for democracy to survive and prosper

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The rule of law, government is limited by a basic law, Constitution, people are able to change leaders through government voting, their guarantee of civil liberties and civil rights

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How does majority will rule be limited to protect the rights of political minorities for it to work (democ act)

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All people have dignity and worth because they are all created by God, all good government should be written law, men &women are rational people and are capable of self government natural law come down from God, if the first five archers a decision should be made by majority rules

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What compromise most the people in power make with the people who are out of power for democracy to work

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Requit honest elections, opposing political parties, government by open debate, the guarantee of minority rights, division of power between branches ownership of private property republican virtue

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What is republican virtue

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An old idea when people do the right thing regardless of political consequences

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How did public officials act when they have this virtue

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They are honest

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How do American people impact republic republican virtue

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Americans don’t award Republicans for being honest

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Describe the structure of the colonial government and English colonies

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Legislative branch and all original 13 colonies America and Americans had no representation far Parliament,

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What political and intellectual ideas are reflected in the Declaration of Independence

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The ideas were not original King George the third had violated the contract with American people appeal to people who hated Parliament and wanted to get support from France

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What was the articles of Confederation

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The writers left sovereign powers in the hands of the states

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Why did the writters is create such a weak document of national government what where is key flaws

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Congress has very limited authority, no power over trade or commerce, states broke down due to economic depression.

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How does the Constitution of 1787 alter the national government

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delegates from every state should be elected to come and revise the articles of Confederation

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What was the great compromise and its role in saving the convention

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Senate retained the principle of equality, state sentence would be elected by state, people of State able to elect they representation, house of representatives larger states would have more delegates

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What was the Virginia

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Per the Virginia plan proposed three branches of government small states did not like the Virginia plan they let the old articles of Confederation and believe that larger states would not be fair and run everything and they would have more more power than small states

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New Jersey plan

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Keep one house Congress wanted a Supreme Court to decide conflict

36
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Why did the founding fathers allow slavery to exist in the new constitution

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Georgia and South Carolina or four slavery and if it was abolished they were not going to be a part of the state so they didn’t abolish slavery to have 13 states not 11

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Why was the electoral college compromise written

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Debate about how to elect president of the United States, Philadelphia you was for the one with the most money, James Wilson believe that the power was being transferred from the national governmentand believe that the people have the power to elect a president, there was a fear that the citizens had a good knowledge of what was going on

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What did beard and Sloan claim about the compromise

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Beard believe that America favor the wealthy he wanted to show that the Constitution protected the wealthy and wanted to hurt the poor

39
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What did anti-Federalist opposed ratification

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Powers given to the president was too much like a king, the states were losing too much sovereign power, no seven Bill of Rights

40
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How did the Federalist answer their objections

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They wrote Federalist papers Massachusetts of Virginia was a rip a religious issue Freeman religion

41
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Why did Charles a big play in the Constitution was written for economic reasons

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At the cosmetician favored the wealthy

42
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What is storable eight evidence found by scholars through beers ideas to be incorrect

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Found that the evidence was faulty it was wrong

43
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Five key features of the Constitution

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Created a republican form of government, federalism, flexibility, elections are held by the state, system of separation of powers,

44
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What is the purpose of the necessary and proper clause

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Enables Congress to pass additional laws that they will lead to be necessary it is found in article 1 section A clause 18

45
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Article one

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Legislative and outlined legislative process

46
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Article to

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The executive branch

47
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Article 3

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The Judiciary branch Congress can determine power to declare punishment of treason

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Article for

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Deals with the states to honor all court rulings in other states no steak and refused to give privilege of immunity to other states

49
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What does the September see clause declare about the national government relationship to the state government

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Laws of the US Shelby the supreme law of the land gave every school to integrate them Shelby been there by anything in the Constitution of laws

50
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Define politics

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The process of seeking and using power

51
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Defined the amendment process

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All amendments have been proposed by two thirds vote of the house and two thirds vote of the Senate, ratification state legislative and three fourths of the states have to vote to approve or ratify an amendment,The repeal of promulgation the 18th amendment

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What is the Bill of rights

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Civil liberties found in the first amendment

53
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For civil liberties found in the first minute

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Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of press, right to assemble protest

54
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What three amendments were added to as a result of the Civil War

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The third 13th the 14th and the 15th

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What was the original purpose of the 14th amendment and how was it used

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Define who is and who isn’t a citizen to extend Bill of Rights.It was used to selectively apply each bill of rights of the states said Bill of Rights only applied to the federal government

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What does the 27th amendment prohibits

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No longer in compensation for the services of the senators and representatives shall take a fake until infection representative shall be intervened

57
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What is the difference between civil liberties and civil rights

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Civil liberties prohibits the government from doing things to you or me

Civil rights say what government must do to help you

58
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What processes Supreme Court begin in the case Chicago being Q Riveroad be Chicago it’s Nathan

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Xselective incorporation of bill of rights

59
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Why did the Supreme Court allow antiwar speed during the Vietnam

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Supreme Court ruled the antiwar speech was okay because were was not declared

60
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What is the difference between liable and slander

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Liable is a written statement that is false and made to harm others reputation

Slander is a verbal statement that was false to harm others habitation

Liberal proofer ordinary citizens

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What is malice

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Printing something falls they don’t try to validate any leads

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What did the court rule about the Internet and obscenity 1997

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Court ruled in adult obscenity on the Internet is constitutional if limited obscenity it would interfere with the first amendment constitutional under freedom of press .

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Prior restraint

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The US security of people are allowed to block viewers of any present danger

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What did the court rule about Pentagon papers

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Who threw the Vietnam War that with national security Vietnam a man violated his out of office and gave these papers the printing press

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And what other ways has a court ruled to limit freedom of press

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Lose the right to grant as wanted subjected to censorship, juvenile identity is protected it is protected my public record

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What do the establishment in free exercise clause of the First Amendment mean

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The government of the US must be neutral in regard of religion regardless of religion they have the same rights and politics.

Free exercise clause – right to do what they wish with the religion as long as values don’t violate the constitution

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When do these clock conflict public school student right

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Public schools are public property and limit freedom of religion and high school by Supreme Court

68
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When can students pray

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Food is in Paris anytime only if they are disturbing the teachers

69
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When can students read a Bible

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They can read the Bible on their own time

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When can students attend about

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Reading groups as long as other groups are also meeting on school grounds

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Why do rights of the students and teachers differ

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Because teachers are government employees

72
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What did the Supreme Court rule in 1973 row versus Wade

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Whether the state of Texas could prohibit abortions Supreme Court ruled a woman has a right to abortion and anytime and her pregnancy

73
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When does life begin under this court ruling

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Life begins when the baby is born

74
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What could individual to do to reduce the demand of abortion

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Think before they bring a life into the world, a mini charges believe that any kind of birth control it’s okay or natural birth control is Morraly okay

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What does the fourth amendment prohibits

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Unreasonable search and seizures searches from people and their positions without warrants and probable cause is not allowed

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What does the exclusionary rule from the map case exclude from trial

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Gave the search warrant in the view of a later court is deemed to be a violation of the fourth amendment for review by the broom court to determine if search was unconstitutional because it was not in the ward therefore it is not used

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What is a good faith exception created by Leon case

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Issue watch together evidence but what they found was not on the warrant based upon an informant there was no probable cause because employment was not reliable the the warrant was incorrect the police did not know and was acting in good faith

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How did the Court apply the fifth and sixth amendment to the following cases

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The Gideon denied him a lawyer even if you couldn’t afford it

Maranda and if you question the suspect without informing him of his Lorandon right then any evidence of admissible

Escobita question a substance without telling him he had a right to a lawyer the evidence receive them in with admits because of his lack of lawyer help

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What does the second amendment guarantee citizen

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Guarantee the citizens have the right to bear arms

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What did Madison and the founding fathers believed the best of him it was necessary for republic

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They believe that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely they were concerned that the national government was so much Neupauer would one day be a threat to the states