Constitutional Topics

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The following paper outlines a number of constitutional issues pertaining to the United States' Constitution. Specifically the paper reviews some general interpretations vis-a-vis the separation of powers as well as the history of equal protection under the law as mandated by the fourteenth amendment. Finally the paper looks at the differing views of four significant legal minds as they grapple with the issue of genuine equality under the law.

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"Topics Pertaining to the United States Constitution: Separation of Powers, Equal Protection under the Law, and the Views of Justice Antonin Scalia et al. Part I: Separation of Powers The three departments of the United States Federal Government share power in various ways. The following paper will examine this and also examine how different views on the United States separation of powers have been articulated by various individuals and in various legal cases. To begin with, in a June, 1807 letter to George Hay, Jefferson argued that the three branches of American government were intended to be independent of one another. More specifically, Jefferson held that activities or responsibilities expressly granted to one branch of government by the constitution were not to become the purview of another branch of government (para.1). In drawing his letter to Hay to a close, Jefferson wrote that he was steadfastly opposed against any"

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