The amendment I chose is also most recent; the 27th amendment. I find it to be rather interesting because it was originally proposed in 1789 along with the Bill of Rights yet it was not ratified until just over 200 years later in 1992. The amendment states, “No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened” (History, Arts, and Achieves, n.d.). Or, to paraphrase, any votes made by Congress to increase or decrease its own wages will not take place until the after the subsequent congressional election.…
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,…
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…
America would be much different if the Bill of Rights was not in the Constitution to protect the rights of the citizens. Amendment nine gives a lot of rights to the citizens in the Bill of Rights. The ninth amendment protects the rights of the citizens that are not listed in the Constitution and in the Bill of Rights. The ninth amendment in the Bill of Rights says, "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." This means that the Constitution mentions certain rights but not all and even rights not listed still belong to the people. In the video, the father has to vote for the already elected president or else he would get arrested. The father has the right…
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.…
Due process is a concept that dates back all the way to the early 13th century, when the Magna Carta was signed by King John. Due process of law is the principle that a person cannot be deprived of their right to life, liberty, and property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards. It is first found in our constitution in the 5th amendment, and then it is once again stated in the 14th amendment. Due process is the only principle that is repeated in the constitution. (The Constitution states only one command twice.) There is little difference between what is said in the 5th and 14th amendment, but the one word that was added has had a monumental impact on our nation. The addition of the word “state” in the 14th amendment means that…
Throughout the existence of the United States Constitution the have been many additions of new amendments to it. While most of them have succeeded the process and entered the Constitution, there are a few that failed to do so. Thomas Corwin, an Ohio Representative, proposed the Slavery Amendment, otherwise known as the Corwin Amendment. This amendment failed however, as only two states had ratified it.º…
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 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 14th Amendment states that people who are born in the U.S. are automatically citizens. Because of this, immagrants from all over are coming over to the U.S. and are having children in order for them to stay in the U.S. I agree with this amendment, however others may disagree. Others may believe that in order for your child to become a citizen, the parents themselves must be citizens.…
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…
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.…
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.…