Since it's founding, the United States government has always come across points where the extent of its power came into question. At first the founding fathers wanted the government to not mirror that British monarchy that they had just escaped from, and so set up a system where the federal government had little power compared to the independent states. However this fostered a situation of confusion in the country as states pushed their own agendas forward, such as using their own currency, making commerce and travel difficult. Since then, the Constitution has been adopted and the role of the federal government has changed, but the doctorine that is the foundation of the country still contains murky areas about the extent of power the government can have. Therefore it is important to analyze if governments are justified in ignoring the civil wars that they established if they believe its in the favor of national security. Although it may seem justifiable especially in times of war when the security of the country is in question, the government having the ability to circumvent civil laws leads to slippery slope of overarching and abuse of power.
As mentioned, during times of war the government might have to take a firmer stance on its population, doing so by disregarding civil laws. This was the case in several wars, including the civil war where Lincoln suspended rights to help protect the Union and its moral. However, this suspencion often had adverse effect by not only causing disgruntlement in the population, but also causing conflict in the government. A stronger war time national security measure that highlights the negative effects an overarching governmental power can cause is during World War II when the US government placed Japanese American in interment camps under the pretense that they were protecting the nation from Japanese spies. This was a complete circumvention of civil laws by denying these Americans their rights to freedom.
The lack of justification also can be exhibited in US history outside of war enviroments. A loss of a president can be viewed by many as a threat to national security by demonstrating a weakness or void of the head of the country to foreign enemies. This is especially true in the case of impeachment, which can be viewed as a situation where the government could take action to protect itself. But it is again clear that the government is unjustified in circumventing civil laws by recalling the overarching power the government attempted to exhibit under the Nixon administration. During the Watergate scandal, President Nixon attempted to terminate the investigation by ordering the attorney general to fire the head of the probe. Fortunately Nixon had to fire and appoint three attorney generals before his order was adopted, clearly demonstrating to the American public that Nixon was deperately attempting to avoid the law and punishment that was approaching him. While this was not an illegal move by the president, it was a clear and inconpicious attempt to circumvent the law to protect the head of the country and was unjustified since the president was clearly guilty.
In conclusion, whether in war times or outside, the government is not justified in circumventing civil laws. If has the responsibility to uphold the laws that it created and stands by everyday.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 356, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...wer compared to the independent states. However this fostered a situation of confusion ...
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Line 1, column 766, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Therefore,
...xtent of power the government can have. Therefore it is important to analyze if governmen...
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Line 1, column 897, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...s that they established if they believe its in the favor of national security. Alth...
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Line 7, column 185, Rule ID: EVERYDAY_EVERY_DAY[3]
Message: 'Everyday' is an adjective. Did you mean 'every day'?
Suggestion: every day
... the laws that it created and stands by everyday.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, regarding, so, still, then, therefore, while, as for, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 39.0 33.0505617978 118% => OK
Preposition: 83.0 58.6224719101 142% => OK
Nominalization: 29.0 12.9106741573 225% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2813.0 2235.4752809 126% => OK
No of words: 549.0 442.535393258 124% => OK
Chars per words: 5.12386156648 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.84053189512 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.94153343279 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 260.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.473588342441 0.4932671777 96% => OK
syllable_count: 889.2 704.065955056 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 54.6346959358 60.3974514979 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 140.65 118.986275619 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.45 23.4991977007 117% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.6 5.21951772744 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 5.13820224719 214% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.163049386931 0.243740707755 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0550038008486 0.0831039109588 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.044137341796 0.0758088955206 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.109349148775 0.150359130593 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0129967541343 0.0667264976115 19% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 14.1392134831 116% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 12.1743820225 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.71 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.94 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 138.0 100.480337079 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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