Compare And Contrast Brown Vs Board Of Education

1. Brown v. the Board of Education: During the trail for Brown v. the Board of Education many brought up the separate but equal doctrine, they felt as long as the facilities and the blacks got all the same opportunities they were equal but separate. Some examples of equal but separate were: 1. Segregated schools 2. Segregated train rides 3. Certain water fountains and bath rooms were whites only as long as movie theaters and restaurants, the black community though living with the whites in some desegregated neighborhoods had everything separate. The whites felt that since they were separated they were equal, this was very often not true. The court ruled separate but equal wrong, the black children were not at all getting equal treatment same

The federal government consist of executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The executive branch is headed by the president of the United States. The president implements and enforces the written laws by congress. The legislative branch gives congress the right to make laws. The judicial branch interprets the laws and decides if they are unconstitutional or not. The federal government is very strong and is supreme over state law. The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved for the states and the people. The state government can issues licenses, conduct elections, ratify amendments to the constitution, makes sure there is public health and safety. The federal government and state governments share power in many ways. But a local government must be granted power by the state, mayors, city councils, and other governing bodies are directly elected by the people. The federal government is in a way the top dog, it sets out the rules and everything. Then the state and local governments come in make a town and govern over those rules, but also making rules for that county.
4. Constitutionalism is adherence to or government according to constitutional principles. A constitutionally limited government is a system of government that is bound to certain principles of action by a state constitution. The United States of America, a constitutionally limited republic, is an example of a constitutionally limited

James Madison said that a strong national government would be better able to guard against the destructive effects of special interest groups and smaller republics. He wrote that essay to persuade the states to ratify the U.S. Constitution. James Madison wanted an intrusive federal government that would protect the rights of property owners, and the rich. Madison saw factions as inevitable, as long as men held differing opinions, differing amounts of wealth, and owned differing amount of property, they would continue to form alliances with people who were most similar to them. This made him nervous because sometimes they would work against the public interest, and infringe upon the rights of others. Presidential election through the Electoral College, which votes by states, which vote by electors, thus being two levels away from majority rule. Having two Senators for each State regardless of population. Those are two ways the constitution limit majority rule. Primary elections are when registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They also choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are a state-level election that take place prior to a general election. The seventeenth amendment says the Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people. They will serve for six years and each Senator shall have one