No taxation without representation is at the heart of American identity since it was a call for independence and the need for Americans to manage their own affairs. It is also at the root of American democracy since it entails the election of the nation’s representatives to Congress
It mostly protected the states rights and powers not even the government couldn't take it away as said in the New Tenth Amendment.
Electric current is the rate of flow of electric charges whereas electric circuit is the path where electrons flow
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