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America; land of the free, and home of the brave. Since 1776, the US has gradually grown from a dismal 13 colonies to a vast 50 states and some-odd amount of territories. Along with this bolstering in square mileage, the United States’ role in the world has developed. Starting around the 1920s, the US started to shine as a force of the growing industrial world. Displaying the new wealth and economic prosperity with new projects such as the development of mass industries and the monstrous buildings shooting up in the new major cities, clawing through the clouds at the heavens, thus earning their names; “skyscrapers.” Despite these economic wonders, America was not spared from the economic hardships faced globally during the 1930s as it sank …show more content…

The height of this space exploration came in the 1960s when America and the USSR went head-to-head in what was to become known as “the space race.” Eventually, the space race came to an end when on July 20, 1969, the first man, American astronaut Neal Armstrong set foot on the moon. Nearly 50 years later, SpaceX is keeping the miracle of space travel alive by developing new spacecraft such as “Falcon 9” and “Dragon” to continue this legacy of discovery alive. In 2012, “Dragon” became the first privately owned space craft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) (Dragon, 2012). SpaceX, as headed by Elon Musk, intends on continuing their development of privately owned space …show more content…

The Supreme Court has a power known as “judicial review,” which, while the exact powers are not explicitly expressed in the constitution, gives the supreme court the ability to interpret the Constitution and laws to see if they follow the Constitution, assuring the protection of individuals’ civil liberties (The Court and Constitutional Interpretation, 2017). This allows for the Constitution to be a “living” document, where the laws and rights are open to interpretation to best suit the needs of the nation and its

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First, it does not always reflect the will of the people. Since it is the people who elect the Congress and the President, I believe their will should prevail. The Supreme Court should obey the will of the people rather than relying on interpretation of the constitution. Also, Judicial Review may cause a president or Congress to delay some activity or law until they get an opinion from legal advisers as to the constitutionality of the action or law, (Clinton, 1989). This might affect solving some essential matters of urgency lest the Supreme Court rules against it

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Since this day, America has greatly expanded and become one of the world’s leading countries. The development of America and its government did not just occur on its own. It took many great men, difficult decisions, and quite

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What is new in the space travel world? Two article excerpts by author Cameron Keady “A Success in Space” and “America’s New Spacecraft” describe two space crafts with very different missions. The purpose of this essay is to explain the purpose of each mission and then argue which mission was the more successful. The first mission, as described in “A Success in Space,” used a small probe called the Philae lander, which had been dropped by Rosetta, a much larger craft that had been traveling 10 years prior to the drop of Philae.

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However, the new trend has been to make the document mean what you want or to just disregard it and issue new laws. The modern view is that “the Constitution is what the judges say it is (p.30)”. Sutherland throughout the book that this is assumption not correct, because if this were true, than the final authority would rest with the judges, not with the people. This line of thinking is dangerous, as it makes those tasked with interpreting the Constitution essentially able to edit it to say whatever they want, regardless of what the document actually says on a matter. With the judges making wild rulings about freedoms and laws, they are undermining and assuming the duties of Congress, something they are clearly prohibited from

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America faced many adversities in its past, one of its greatest adversities was not war nor disease, but in fact, an economic disaster. In the years of 1929 – 1939, America suffered exponential damage to its economy and stock market. The Great Depression had severe effects on the United States such as an economic crisis, the need for a new president, a call for action, and as seen in Of Mice and Men, the cause for migrant workers. The peak of the great depression was unarguably the hardest time of the whole great depression. Between the peak and the trough of the downturn, industrial production in the United States declined 47 percent and real Gross Domestic Product fell to 30 percent (Benson, “The Great Depression”).

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The U.S. Constitution is what the Supreme Court uses to make the decision for a court case, it is like an instruction manual for the U.S., and it contains the rights of all

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As a result, the weakness of these emerging industries as well as the money placed solely on the automotive and construction industries were not enough to save the economy by the time of the 1929 crash, and lead to America’s Great

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When America, as we know it today, was created, it had just freed itself from an unwanted, suffocating European power. The people wanted nothing to do with foreign affairs and their presidents’ policies reflected that. As America moved forward and established themselves as a world power, they began to want more. At the turn of the twentieth century, this want for more hit its peak and because of other circumstances, more was just within reach. America had always prided themselves in staying out of foreign problems and focusing inward, but now a new age was dawning.

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The rise of one of the most powerful countries in the world was not easy, it took a lot of effort, time and of course sacrifices to build such an empire. Before this country could continuously grow and expand in the right direction, a lot of conditions had to be met. America, in order to succeed and to achieve the status of a global power country, had to obtain stability on many levels, but that caused at times conflicts with the rest of the world and even with its own citizens. However, over the time this great country was able to achieve its main goals; it became politically strong, it built sustainable economy and its military abilities continuously grew in power. One of the most important moments of American growth development was definitely

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The rise of the Space Race started as the result of World War II when the Americans and Soviets went for the quest of discovery to find out how the Germans created one of the deadliest destructive missiles at that time; the V-2. During the end of World War II, Hitler asked his rocket engineer leader, Wernher Von Braun, and his team to create a rocket missile that could save the Third Reich. Von Braun and his team tested many designs and prototypes of rockets trying to increase their distance and power. Finally, through their effort, Von Braun successfully created a rocket that could travel over 200 miles. This rocket was called the V-2, after being created Hitler decided to attack England by launching the newly created V-2.

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The Supreme Court only has power when they strike down a law as unconstitutional and even then their power to protect minorities is limited. When the Court does not declare something unconstitutional they are upholding legislation, effectively agreeing with the other two branches. When the Court hears a case and

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The Constitution of the United States of America is commonly known as a living document. As such, changes in governmental policy are expected, and occur frequently. However, many rights Americans enjoy today were interpreted by a specific branch of the federal government. A considerable portion of the federal government's power is either implied within the Constitution, or has been added through amendments.

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Known historically and internationally as the greatest economic struggle in American history, the Great Depression rendered the United States into fiscal terror. Almost seeming as a curse laid upon America, multiple major and minor events began to build upon one another and only make matters worse. This national downfall was mainly due to the crash of the stock market in 1929, the maldistribution of American wealth, the recent growth of consumerism, and the reduction of American exports around the world, with the most important cause being the international debt structure created by the aftermath of World War I. Speculated to be the beginning of an era of sadness, the stock market crash in 1929 put quite a dent in America’s economy. Known as

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The National Space Policy has undergone changes throughout its new crefied in the Vision for Space Exploration, which led to the creation of the Constellation program. NASA developed the Constellation Program which was a manned spaceflight program, with goals to complete the ISS (International Space Station) and return to the moon no later that 2020. The Constellation program included the Orion crew module, the Altai lunar lander, and Ares 1 and 5 rockets. In August 2006 a new National Space Policy was released which the National Security Council stated, “we need to reflect the fact that space has become an even more important component of U.S. Economic security, National security, and homeland security (Bush Sets Defense as Priority, 2017).”

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In the early 1930s the labor force in countries that were industrialized saw as much as one forth of its workers unable to find work. Conditions were starting to improve by the mid 1930s, however total recovery did not happen until the end of that decade. This was a very difficult time in United States history and around the world, but it could be said that something good came out of it, central banks throughout the world now try to thwart or moderate recessions. It is unclear whether a change like this would have occurred if not for the

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