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The United States of America has five basic principles which ensure the ability of the country. The basic foundations: fundamental worth, equality of all persons, majority rule minority rights, necessity of compromise, and ividual freedom. This paper reviews three of the five principles: majority rule and minority rights, individual freedom, and necessity of compromise. Two of these cases of individual freedom plus majority rule and minority rights the United States has failed to uphold. The third case on individual freedom is an undecided case at this point. The United States must not ignore these ations? importance making judicial decision or the stability of the country is at risk.

     Majority rule and minority rights is a basic foundation of democracy. A
general concept of this foundation is that the popular vote will be the deciding
party in most cases. Along with this concept the minority of the people will
maintain certain basic human rights that will not be compromised by the popular
vote. A challenge to this principle occurred when Asheville City district zoning was voted on many years ago, and unfortunately was passed. The rules and
restrictions that are accompanied by zoning are phenomenal. In many cases the
taxes rise depending on how property is zoned. For example, if property is zoned as commercial property the taxes are considerably higher than if property was in a residential area. Consequently the minority here is being punished.... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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