Constitution Comparison

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This paper discusses the differences between the constitution of the United States of America and the constitution of the State of Indiana. One is a federal constitution that encompasses the general backbone of the legislative, judicial and federal system of the nation and the other abides by the general constitution along with running a constitution of its own for the stability and prosperity of its own populous. It examines the differences and similarities in structure and organization, how both constitutions respect and protect the right of its civilians and the different views on civil rights.

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"The sphere that marks the end of the US constitution and the beginning of the Indiana constitution is when the general principles and articles that apply to the whole country end and a more microscopic view to the general principles are developed to suit the temperament of the people. For e.g. according to the Indiana constitution (Article 1 section 3),"That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God, according to the dictates of their own consciences: That no man shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of Worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent: That no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience: And that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious societies, or modes of worship; and no religious test shall be required as a qualification to any office of trust or profit." While the same right of practicing ones religion and the rituals in it were conservatively disregarded by the American Supreme Court when in 1990 it ruled against two American Indians who religiously smoked peyote. The American perspective on many issues has been noted to be conservative."

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