Professor David Curcio POL 100: American Government 21 October 2013 The purpose of the 10th Amendment is to draw a line between the federal and state government’s powers. This amendment also protects their powers from each other. This amendment has been used to define the federal government’s power to tax‚ law enforcement and federal regulations. At one point in time this amendment was easily interpreted if it’s not included in the constitution‚ the federal government cannot give it to
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August 2013 Amendment 64 Assignment When Amendment 64 was passed last year I thought we would have recreational dispensaries instantaneously. However after reading Amendment 64’s stipulations I realize that Colorado and our National government have a lot of regulation that still needs to be placed in preparation of legalization. Most likely we will start to see recreational dispensaries open January 2014. Even though this seems so far away for most people‚ considering that the amendment has already
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Respondent. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA Syllabus The case present before us involves the constitutionality of a dog sniff in regards to the 4rth Amendment. The respondent claims that the police officer‚ a representative of the State of Florida lacked probable cause to search the vehicle. The dog used in the operation‚ Aldo was not reliable since his detector certification had expired. Also‚ the officer
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The Sixth Amendment The 6th Amendment focuses completely on the rights of a person accused of committing a crime by the government. The 6th Amendment contains seven specific protections for people accused of crimes. These seven rights are: the right to a speedy trial‚ the right to a public trial‚ the right to be judged by an impartial jury‚ the right to be notified of the nature and circumstances of the alleged crime‚ the right to confront witnesses who will testify against the accused‚ the
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Amendment 64 Amendment 64 ‚ Twenty First century starts with a time to remember; Colorado passed Amendment 64. Amendment 64 has been in the making for an extended length of time. Bringing history up to date behind the legalization of marijuana‚ hemp or cannabis. Beginning in 1549‚ Angolan slaves brought Marijuana; referred to as cannabis‚ with them to the sugar plantations of North-Eastern Brazil. Allowing the slaves to farm the cannabis plants in open space‚ with the rows of sugar cane‚ slaves
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The First Amendment of the United States of Constitution states‚ “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The Supreme Court interprets the extent of the protection afforded to these rights. The First Amendment has been interpreted by the Court as applying to the entire
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Child labour and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labour of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty‚ you will have both poverty and child labour to the end of time. (Grace Abbott)
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The Supreme Court has held that a search or seizure of a dwelling may be constitutionally defective if police officers enter without prior notice. The Amendment allows the subject of the warrant an opportunity to challenge the lawful authority of the warrant or to prevent its defective execution‚ such as when the wrong address is targeted or the subject no longer resides at the address. Section 213 of the
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11th Amendment AJ 200 Diaz 04-29-2014 The 11th Amendment Do you ever wonder why law enforcements are usually the target for law suits? Or why the state can’t be sued? Well‚ I’ll get into more details on that further on in my essay and the reason why I asked you this question is because most likely you never actually thought about it. The eleventh amendment states: The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or
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affected by these laws. “Truth is Supreme Court has actually granted the police license to discriminate.” (Alexander 130) The system reinforces racial caste by accepting legal violation of the fourth amendment targeting African American Men. The reinforcement of racial caste by violating the fourth amendment allows several individuals to realize the issue because many experience unjust intervention in the enforcement capacity. “Police departments believe that racial profiling exists only when race is
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