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    10th Amendment

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    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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    amendment 64

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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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    4rth Amendment

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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

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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

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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 13th Amendment

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    The 13th Amendment‚ passed by Congress January 31‚ 1865‚ and ratified December 6‚ 1865‚ states: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted‚ shall exist within the United States‚ or any place subject to their jurisdiction." The passing of this amendment freed slaves and made it illegal to have slaves‚ but the 13th Amendment did not give African-Americans the equal rights that they longed for. Consequently‚ slavery

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    Speech on 14th August

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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 14th Dalai Lama

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    Heroes of Other Faiths: The Dalai Lama What is school? Is it learning knowledge that we’ve already established? Or is it learning new knowledge and looking for new knowledge to learn. I think that school shouldn’t be repeating our own knowledge over and over again‚ (except for equations‚ etc…) so that is why I picked the Dalai Lama. I hope that this won’t be just another paper that you have to read and grade and have to deal with‚ but that you will be able to get something out of this paper and

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    13th Amendment Dbq

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    Cynthia Ms. Conboy AP U.S. History 25 January 2012 After the 13th Amendment was passed‚ African American slaves were freed from their lifetime involuntary servitude‚ and life for them seemed to be on the way to happiness (Document A). An economy that worked without slaves was a new concept to the South; freedmen were joyous about it‚ and white planters loathed it. The United States underwent a sort of revolution in its economy and its social hierarchy (Document D). After the Civil War ended

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    4th Amendment

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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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