compensate for the former states' rejection. The legislators in Tennessee were in a 48-48 tie,…
This article discusses the Eighth Amendment, which states that “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” According to the child rape statute in Louisiana, the death penalty or life imprisonment is being administered to convicted pedophiles, as such; research on mental abnormality, and Forensic Psychology to assess the punishment. The author of this article is Brian Sellers, BA, University of North Carolina, and works in the Department of Criminal Justice. As a knowledgeable individual of the law, he explored the pros and cons whether the death penalty is appropriate for pedophiles, hence the many studies being conducted to support his point. This article will highlight…
Your dictator Nemo has been overthrown. Your country needs a new government to be put in place at once. My suggestion is adopting the United States Constitution. The Constitution works well for many different reasons.…
Wisconsin’s government is not a “pure democracy,” That means that WI government is one where the people directly govern public affairs. When the U.S. Constitution was being debated, James Madison warned against the dangers of a pure democracy. Instead he wanted a representative republic in which the ideas of the people are refined “through … a chosen body of citizens.” This has been the system of government at the federal level and in every state for more than two centuries. In Wisconsin, this system is provided for in article IV, section 1, of the WI constitution. There it states that “the legislative power shall be vested in a senate and assembly.”…
The first clause of Amendment Six is the speedy trial clause. There are several reasons that this clause is positive to the accused in a case on trial. Primarily the right to a speedy trial can prevent undue and oppression, and minimize the anxiety and concern that accompanies public accusation. A speedy trial can limit the possibility that long delay will impair the ability of an accused to defend himself. Furthermore, delaying a trial is can tamper with the evidence and witnesses because over time evidence can lose value and witnesses could forget what happened at the the crime scene or even die before the trial takes place. The right of a speedy trial can also be in opposition to the interests of the accused because it can cause the accused…
The Constitution gave each state a number of electors equal to the combined total of its membership in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The original method of electing the President and Vice President had proved to be unworkable, and was replaced by the 12th Amendment. The 12th amendment was ratified in 1804. Under the original system, each elector cast two votes for President and no vote for Vice President. The votes were counted; the candidate receiving the most, provided it was a majority of the number of electors, was elected President, and the runner-up became Vice President. The 12th Amendment replaced this system with separate ballots for President and Vice President, with electors casting a single vote for each…
First, I wanted to start by stating that not only was your post compelling, but it was also well researched. Secondly, I agree with you that the idea of amending the 14th amendment, to exclude children born in the United States (U.S.), by undocumented immigrants would be absolutely horrific. In addition, I also agree with your statement that children born in the United States, whose parents are illegal immigrants should not be punished just because their parents are not U.S. citizens. It is tragic that so many people are blinded by the stereotypes of illegal immigrants that some U.S. citation will speak ill of infants born by undocumented immigrants. A survey was taken in 2011 which showed only 57% of American citizens wanted to keep the…
The two stories, Arguments against Ratification at the Virginia Convention and The Federalist Papers, No. 45 are about the same subjects. Some ways that they are similar is they both are trying to convince states to vote for the ratification and they both have dedication and perseverance. The differences are the ways they get their word out there and the length of time their ways took.…
The 14 amendment equal protection clause doesn’t take precedents over, 1st amendment religious liberty when it pertains to the federal government because of the Bill of Right to the United States constitution. The ten amendments in the bill of rights, were adapted to insure that the federal government would not abuse its powers. The first amendment bars the federal government from establishing a national religion, or passing legislation that puts burden on the citizen’s religious liberty’s. the states had their own version of the bill of rights in their constitution and some had more protections for religious liberties than others, which led to many challenges against states laws. The state legislator’s passed laws that put a burden on the…
At one point in time many people were debating whether to ratify the Constitution, people took sides and some were supporters while others were opponents. The supporters and opponents both had major arguments and debates about whether the Constitution should or should not be ratified.…
In 1973, legal abortion was established in the United States. Medicaid, the health insurance program which covers women at or below the poverty level, covered abortion like every medical service. When abortion was legalized, over one-third of all abortions were covered by Medicaid (National Network of Abortion Funds, n.d.). The Hyde amendment was introduced in 1976, when this statistic was upsetting many taxpayers because the assumption is the poverty level women are using abortion as birth control, using tax dollars to abort.…
One Voting Amendment is that they lowered the voting age down. You now only have to be eighteen years of age, instead of the age prior. This is the 26th amendment, and was created during the cold, brutal Vietnam War. People decided that if someone older than eighteen could go to war, and die bravely for their country, they could also vote the next leader.…
In my opinion, I believe that the 4th amendment is both good and bad depending on the circumstances. Sometimes there are people who blatantly have drugs that the cops can't frisk off until they have the warrant. By the time the police get the warrant, said suspect could have already gotten rid of the drugs. However, this also works the other way. Sometimes, the police search other people that they have false evidence on. Then this innocent person gets searched and it makes the searched person look bad in the future.…
You may not realize, but your body is exposed to amounts of alcohol everyday! Although you may not drink alcohol, a list of products that be could used to compare to today’s times include: mouthwash, cosmetics, cleaning products, and personal hygiene products. In the year 1919, the United States created the 18th Amendment (Prohibition). The prohibition was an amendment that prohibited the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In the year of 1933, the 18th Amendment was repealed, or removed, and the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages was made legal again. The United States repealed the Prohibition for the following reasons: The government was helpless to the illegal importation of alcohol, the increase of homicide, and loss of…
r my final paper I plan on narrowing in on how the according to the eight amendment the United States is treating the prisoners with mental illness unconditionally, by using cruel and unusual punishment. All of my research I have found supports this claim. I had wanted to focus on reform and policy as well as a main point of my paper, however, while I will touch on that in part of my research it is not going to be a focus of what I am speaking about.…