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    In the 18th century the populations of Great Britain‚ China‚ Western Europe‚ and Japan increased greatly. The increase in population caused a focus in specialization of specific tasks and caused the people to stray away from cultivation. During this time there were growing industries‚ and the most popular styles were factory systems. During this time‚ products were made faster and more efficiently than ever. There was a huge need for steel‚ iron‚ cotton‚ and coal (Bentley‚ Ziegler pg. 654). In the

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    government. There are 33 amendments to the United States Constitution that Congress proposed as ratification since the Constitution was in effect since 1789. The fourth amendment to the United States Constitution declares that people must be secure in their homes and their persons against unreasonable searches and seizures. Additionally‚ the fourth amendment is part of the Bill of Rights was adopted by Congress and became effective in 1791. The relationship the fourth amendment has to constitutional

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    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

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    The First Ten Amendments

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    2012 The First Ten Amendments The first Ten Amendments to the Constitution‚ or the Bill of Rights‚ were adopted in 1791. These amendments were added to the Constitution to protect the rights and liberties of an individual. I. Freedom of Speech‚ Press‚ Religion and Petition Cammack 2 As an individual‚ I had never before thought about what the Bill of rights meant to me. I cannot recall a time where I have had to exercise my rights. When I thought about the First Amendment‚ I automatically

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    The 8th amendment to the constitution prohibits the government from inflicting cruel and unusual punishments because they exhibited an inhumane way of executing "inmates"‚ tortured their guilty victims to death and were considered to many as unjust. It also prohibits high bail or excessive fines against the defendant. However‚ it has also been deemed Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States (according to the Eighth Amendment) to inflict physical damage on students in a school environment

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    privacy of the individual‚ whatever the means employed‚ must be deemed a violation of the Fourth Amendment.” Justice Brandeis wholeheartedly believed that the Fourth Amendment protects privacy too. In Poe v. Ullman Justice Harlan argued that the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause could be used to strike the law. He stated “I consider that this Connecticut legislation violates the Fourteenth Amendment. It involves what by common understanding throughout the English-speaking world‚ must be granted

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    more to monitor the internet‚ but I however strongly disagree. We have the First and Fourth Amendments in place to protect us from the government in America‚ and the same should be applied online too. On December 15‚ 1791‚ the

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    14th Amendment Conclusion

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    The fourteenth amendment was ratified in 1868 to give equal protection to all before the law. This amendment consisted of granting all citizens with the same protection and rights regarding their race or religion. As stated “The 14th Amendment forbids the states to abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States‚ to deprive a person of life‚ liberty‚ or property

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    Fifth Amendment Clauses

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    Fifth Amendment of the constitution Student name: Institution: ABSTRACT This paper examines the boundaries of the Fifth Amendment Clauses. It concentrates on the parts of the amendment that has been ignored. It is aimed at achieving a reasonable balance between the state ’s interest and the individual ’s. It will also try to evaluate the relevance of the Fifth Amendment to the constitution. Different clauses will be drawn of the fifth constitution to determine whether

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    The Fifth Amendment places constitutional boundaries on police practices. The police officers has an obligation to warn the suspects that they have a right to remain silent‚ that anything they say may be used against them‚ and that they have the right to counsel.[1]‚[2] The Fifth Amendment can be broken down into five distinctive constitutional rights such as grand juries for capital crimes‚ a prohibition on double jeopardy‚ a prohibition against required self-incrimination‚ a guarantee that all

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