The Second Amendment promotes hunting. By giving people access to guns‚ they are able to use them for many things‚ one being killing innocent animals for entertainment. Although some people say they need food‚ going to the grocery store would cost less than a rifle. When hunting occurs‚ animal populations decrease. Similarly‚ a plethora of animal species have become extinct and endangered due to the overkilling of them for small parts of their body‚ like the ivory of elephant tusks. With less animals
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“No Soldier shall‚ in time of peace be quartered in any house‚ without the consent of the Owner‚ nor in time of war‚ but in a manner to be prescribed by law.” The third amendment was proposed by Congress to the states in September 25‚ 1789. Shortly after that it was ratified in December 15‚ 1791.This amendment is one of the least controversial of the Bill rights and its rarely litigated. Throughout the colonial time‚ colonists were forced to let British soldiers sleep in their homes and eat their
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Is Abiding by the 8th Amendment Constitutional? The government has laid out an array of civil rights to protect the liberties of the people with the induction of the United States Bill of Rights in 1791. The large majority of these amendments are appropriate and remain prominent in the modernized American governmental system but these basic human rights carry substantial controversy‚ the most arguable being the eighth. This amendment states that there shall be no cruel or unjust punishments inflicted
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The most important freedom of the First Amendment is free speech because people need it for a healthy democracy‚ is the building block of other freedoms and promote nonviolence. The First Amendment allows people to have 5 freedoms‚ the freedom to freely speak‚ publish something against the government‚ petition for change‚ peacefully protest‚ and practice any religion of a person’s choosing. The first reason why it is the most important freedom is it the key to a healthy democracy. Benjamin Franklin
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count”. This is quite disheartening especially coming from our young African American population whom should be proud of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution. Many uneducated individuals take this right which was fought for with numerous tears and deaths. Let us take a further glance into the 15th Amendment and what it stood for and the purpose which it served. The XV Amendment to the Constitution plays a significant role to the voting rights of African Americans as it granted African Americans the
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“The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides‚ the right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no Warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by Oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized" (“Fourth Amendment‚” n.d.‚ para .1). In this case‚ school officials had reason to believe a physical education
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Civil Rights Amendment The 13th amendment means to except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted‚ shall exist within the United States. No one should be imprisoned like slavery unless they committed a crime. It got rid of slavery. The 13th amendment is important because slavery is not ok.Slavery is when people is own as there property.The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment for
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learning environment for all students without infringing upon first amendment rights. School officials now have to ask themselves when it is appropriate to punish students for behavior outside of class. All school systems should have the power to override a student’s freedom of speech if that student causes substantial disruption of the school environment. The main problem when dealing with cyber bullying and the first amendment is determining the appropriate time to punish kids. School officials
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WP3 Body Extra 2 Claim: The 13th amendment is unproductive because law abiding citizens are monetarily funding a prison workforce that does not benefit the public good. Evidence: Marc Santora‚ a reporter from the New York Times‚ reported that the average cost to feed‚ house‚ and guard an inmate accumulates to around $31‚ 286. In the state of New York‚ that amount is $60‚000 because “The inmate-to-staff ratio probably hovers around two prisoners for every guard (cite).” When the average cost is
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the 1st amendment in this project.I am in the view of a lawmaker so I have to chose the best one for my prospective as of a law maker.And I thought the 1st amendment was the best. Also my team chose to Canada as our country where we are making are laws‚ but we only got to chose 5 amendments.We pick the 1st of course‚ the 3rd ‚the 4th ‚the 5th ‚and the 8th.We have one teacher two lawmakers and 2 citizens in our group.To learn more keep on reading. The history of the 1st amendment was passed
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