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This essay offers an overview of components of American society and studies history's effect on present day American society. The essay explores the reasons behind initial colonial settlement of America and the formation of the country's legal, economic and political policies. The essay also discusses ideas on what it means to be a middle class American and the interplay of media and sports with the middle class. Additionally, the paper explores the centrality of religion in American life and politics. The essay argues that the future of American society rests in the hands of Supreme Court Justices and that the American government must consider all factors of American society, both past and present, when deciding future judicial endorsements and confirmations.

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"The form the new government took, that of a democratic and republican government, reflected the realties of political and social conditions. Embodying the ideals behind the realities, the Constitution enshrined the principles of private property and self-determination within the context of an essentially paternalistic and capitalistic society. The framers sought to create a government that would, on the one hand, preserve the autonomous action of the states while guaranteeing the continued control of the educated and propertied classes. Too much power in the hands of the Federal government was believed dangerous to free enterprise and private property."

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