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Tag: rights

Constitution day 2022

September 17, 2022ffademocracyLeave a comment

Should it be easy to change the Constitution?

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Competing Rights

May 15, 2022ffademocracyLeave a comment

How should a republic deal with competing rights? Is there a good answer? Find out here!

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Thoughts on MLK Day 2022

January 17, 2022ffademocracyLeave a comment

Choices you can make for America.
Read about them here.

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Constitution Day 2021

September 16, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

What do I have to do with the Constitution? Click to find out!

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Republic or Democracy 14

May 10, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

Are there any problems with an illiberal regime?

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Republic or Democracy 12

May 4, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

Does “liberal” mean what you think it does? Click to find out!

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Republic or Democracy 10

May 2, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

What good is a constitutionally liberal republic?

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Answer of the Week

March 25, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

Why should we care about rights?

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Advantages of Liberal Republics 2

March 22, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

Which are more inclusive: liberal or illiberal republics?

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Political and Civil Liberties Elsewhere 1

March 15, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

What about freedom of speech elsewhere?

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Your Right to Protest

February 26, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

Your right to protest did not come for free.

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Ask CFFAD: Why Use the Constitution to Protect Rights?

February 12, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

Our first ever question for Ask CFFAD is this: “Why Use the Constitution to Protect Rights?”  If our rights weren’t protected we would live in a dramatically different society. Respecting…

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Political Trust & Distrust 13

January 26, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

Exclusion and discrimination create distrust.

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The Presidency 27

November 14, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Voters and political parties became additional sources of presidential power and accountability.

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The Presidency Quiz 2

November 13, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Test your knowledge.

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The Presidency 26

November 12, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The power to pardon creates some overlap in the powers of the presidency and those of the court.

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The Presidency 25

November 11, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The Twentieth Amendment largely removed the need for power to convene or adjourn Congress.

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The Presidency 24

November 10, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The president was to participate in law-making, with Congress in the lead.

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The Presidency – Quiz 1

November 8, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Test your knowledge against these five questions!

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The Presidency 23

November 7, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The Written Opinion Clause appears to limit the President in several ways.

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The Presidency 21

November 6, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The Constitution is silent on the related presidential power to remove.

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The Presidency 20

November 5, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Several framers worried the power of appointment could be abused.

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The Presidency 19

November 4, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

To faithfully execute the laws of the land, the presidency was assigned executive power that was mostly undefined.

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The Presidency 18

November 3, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Faithfully executing the laws of the land is one of the most important obligations of the presidency.

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The Presidency 17

November 2, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The framers feared that a president could be seduced by a foreign power to harm the country.

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The Presidency 16

November 1, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The framers feared a president could be seduced by a foreign power.

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The Presidency 15

October 31, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The President’s war powers were quite constrained.

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The Presidency 14

October 30, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The President would be fully empowered to act in defense of the nation.

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The Presidency 13

October 29, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The framers agreed that the President would command the armed forces – with several explicit reservations.

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The Presidency 12

October 28, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The President was to have five main responsibilities.

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