Stimulated by severe economic troubles, which produced radical political movements such as shays rebellion and urged on by a demand for a string central government
Well most of the concepts in these documents were prevalent in previous society's. Representative democracy in Athens. Basic inalienable rights was in the English Bill of Rights. But a big change was the checks and balances of government. i.e how the president can veto congress, the Supreme Court can overturn a veto, and Congress can impeach Supreme Court judges.
This excerpt reveals a continued clash between conservative and liberal ideology in the courts because according to the writer he agrees with the majority ruling that the idea of reverse discrimination is an invalid claim, as he said in the excerpt: "I<span> do not believe that anyone can truly look into America's past and still find that a remedy for the effects of the past is impermissible.".</span>
