Before we knew it as the United States Constitution, we all knew it as the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was just too weak as in: each state had one vote in Congress, there was no executive branch to enforce laws passed by Congress, there was no national court system, and etc… Before it could be ratified there was great concern between the delegates that were present at the convention. The main concern they had was the type of legislature. The representatives of larger states wanted the seats in the legislature to be determined by the size of the state. The representatives from the smaller states wanted to have equal representation in Congress. They negotiated on this situation by allowing a bicameral legislature,…
The Court found that like traditional communications, a warrant based on probable cause is necessary to obtain e-mail communications from a service provider. Additionally, the court found provisions of the Stored Communications Act to be unconstitutional and in violation of citizens’ Fourth Amendment right to privacy, specifically because it allows for the obtaining of stored e-mail communications from a service provider without a warrant. Unfortunately for Mr. Warshak, the unconstitutionality of the SCA was not enough to overturn his…
as the principal promoter and defender of civil rights and liberties. In a series of very important decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state-supported racial segregation, state laws that discriminated against women, and state criminal proceedings that violated the due process of law provision of the 14th Amendment. Second, during the 1950s and 1960s, the national government became viewed as the principal promoter and defender of civil rights and liberties. In a series of very important decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state-supported racial segregation, state laws that discriminated against women, and state criminal proceedings that violated the due process of law provision of the 14th Amendment. Cooperative federalism…
James Madison said, ¨If men were angels no government would be needed.” But men are not angels therefore a limited government is needed in order to rule over a free people. Because the United State's first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, proved to be too weak, the leaders of the country recognized the need for a stronger central government. In the summer of 1787, delegate from the states met in Philadelphia to frame a new government. Their challenge was to create a stronger federal government without giving too much power to any one person or group, thus creating a tyranny. The result of their efforts was a new constitution divided into three separate branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. In what ways does the Constitution shield us from oppression? The Constitution guards against tyranny in three ways: federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances.…
We can consider United States as new born nation and, United States are proud to have one of the oldest and strongest written constitutions in the world. The idea of new constitution awaken many colonial countries and political system that are running by monarchy system. Whether other countries are following the right step or not, it is undisputable that the U.S. stable Constitution’s ideologies have led people to reconsider how to organize and rebuilt their government political structures.…
The year is 1776, American has just gained it’s independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence has been signed and the United States has experienced a rebirth. What is next for this great country? The Articles of Confederation came and went because it didn’t really work for the states. The great idea of having a constitution for ALL the states came up which also brought up many debates, disagreements, and arguments within the states. After having ratified the constitution arose more debate and heated arguments between the states. This brought curiosity whether the Great United of America would survive because they had just beat the world’s strongest country and they are arguing over how to run their country? Doesn’t look so good for America. Although there were people who knew that America would make it through and be more successful than ever.…
Does the 14th Amendment still protect everyone? Use evidence from Sean Bell article or any personal experience. 5 paragraph persuasive essay.…
The 14th Amendment stands up for the rights of the citizens. According to dictionary.com, it is an amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, defining citizenship and forbidding states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons. In my opinion when it comes to the 14th Amendment and Gault’s confinement to an Industrial School, his rights were violated. I do not believe he was given a fair chance from the time he was picked up from his parent’s house because they should have been notified immediately and he should have had access to counsel before speaking.…
What is more important to the citizens of America? The right to their privacy and doing what they want as they wish, in private? Or are they okay with the government surveilling every living thing that they do? Through loopholes in the Patriot Act, the government misuses their power by spying on millions of innocent Americans. The people do have rights within the fourth Amendment though. Simplified, it states that Americans have the right to privacy unless there is probable cause. (Kids n.d.) Where do we as Americans draw the line?…
Why is gun control the supposed “cure” for crime? Why is there always this need to blame guns for people’s crimes? If this theory is correct, then the belief that pencils cause grammatical errors is also true; wait, that doesn’t sound right, does it? Now, all of a sudden when the “cure” is used in this light it becomes ridiculous. In fact, Americans have a constitutional right to own handguns, and stricter laws and licensing will not effectively save lives.…
The Second Amendment was drafted as a part of the Bill of Rights in 1789, and yet issues on its interpretation are still prevalent today. The amendment is so controversial that our jurisprudence related to the subject varies on all ends of the spectrum. We treat it as though all interpretations are ambiguous, even though simple reasoning proves otherwise. The Second Amendment in our Bill of Rights guarantees that “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”…
How can a person live without having rights for themselves? We started off fighting for the rights we have today back in the slavery. I think to myself how the United States would be if the people didn’t fight for rights. The most important rights in my eyes are freedom of speech, right to bear arms, a person shall be held under a fair trial of peers. Freedom of speech is very important because I feel like people should be able to say whatever is on their mind and not be ridiculed. For example a teacher at Kenwood academy was suspended for speaking his mind on the internet via YouTube. He was speaking on religious things which should have not been a problem. He is now fired from his job and probably will have a problem finding another.…
Did you know you have freedoms that not all people in other places have, and you can do what you want without worrying? Freedoms are special, that not all people in the world have. Veterans died for the freedom we have, a lot of people in the world don’t even know how lucky they are to have freedom, and freedom of speech allows the people in the U.S.A. to say what they want without worrying. You enjoy freedoms everyday without even knowing that you are using them.…
One of the most highly debated amendments of the United States Constitution is the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment has been disputed for hundreds of years on exactly of its exact true meaning. The United States Constitution wrote the Second Amendment as “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."…
On December 14, 2012 20 year old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and 6 adult staff members from Sandy Hook Elementary School. Shooting like this are what bring people to the attention of gun laws. More gun laws does not make sense that we have more laws about guns. It will not change the way people behave with guns. All people will not change with laws like chameleons color with their mood. It's not gun laws that need to change but people need to change.…