The Second Amendment America has given many rights and has offered protection to US citizens. Like the second amendment states‚ “The right of people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” However many riots and shootings have recently broke out in the last couple of years. So therefore the right to bear arms has been taken advantage of and as lead to many malicious events like The Columbine Shootings‚ Virginia Tech‚ Aurora Shooting‚ and New Town Shootings. In 1999‚ a failed bombing which
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The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: 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 (The Free Dictionary 2013) In 1973‚ the Supreme Court case Cady v. Dombrowski created the “community caretaking exception
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The fourteenth amendment covers equal protection as well as due process. One of the most influential amendments that is still playing a huge role even today in the court system is the equal protection clause. This clause which states in section 1 “No State shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” In section 5‚ the Amendment establishes the federal civil rights legislation: “The Congress shall have power to enforce‚ by appropriate legislation‚ the provisions
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Because I live in the United States our first amendment is freedom to speech‚ practice religion‚ press and peacefully assemble. I feel though some people take it too far. Like how during the election people would protest which I’m fine with‚ but then people started protesting violently. I was a Hillary supporter‚ but still though you didn’t need to attack trump supporters‚ breaking windows and stores around‚ and flipping cars. Another thing that wasn’t right was when the people hung their flag upside
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arguments relating to the Eighth Amendment and race‚ have led to numerous United States Supreme Court cases looking to determine the extent in which capital punishment could be used in the United States. Beginning with the history of capital punishment‚ this paper will explore the Supreme Court cases‚ which have addressed issues such as whether the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment.
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court cases completely contradict what the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution intended to happen. The Sixth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution focuses on the rights of an accused person. These rights include an impartial and fair jury where no bias is present or bias is canceled out‚ a trial held publicly and as close to the origin of the crime as possible‚ and the right to a trial as quickly as possible. Other rights included in this amendment focus more on the accused such as the right to know
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In this weeks module I learned about the eighth amendment and what it entails in this country. The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail‚ excessive fines‚ or cruel and unusual punishments. That being said the founding fathers set this right into the Bill of Rights because of the cruel punishments the king of England had set in place in Great Britain. To live back then was crazy. The king could sentence you to execution without
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Jackson D. Despite the overwhelming expectations for the eighteenth amendment to repair America and slay the problems plaguing it‚ people were crestfallen when the fingernail of austerity scraped away the gilded layer of the presumably hallowed doctrine‚ revealing the lead core that was the eighteenth amendment’s effects on the American society. In 1920 the U.S prohibited the sale and production of alcohol and the purpose of it was to lower crime rates‚ lower tax burden of prisons‚ solve social
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The fourth Amendment has been an Amendment that has caused some controversy over the centuries. A fourth Amendment issue that has been persistent is the use of warrants and when they are necessary. During the prohibition era a certain case‚ Carroll vs the United States‚ federal agents had suspicion to believe he was selling liquor when at that time the distribution of alcohol was illegal. Federal agents that had been investigating him have spotted him driving on the highway and decided
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The thirteenth amendment states‚ “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except under crime‚ where the subject will be convicted‚ shall exist within the United States‚ unless under punishment of crime.”. This means‚ the United States abolished slavery and people forcing a person to act against their will. Congress also has the power to enforce this amendment. After this amendment was passed slavery was made illegal and the constitution was changed. The first way you amend the constitution‚
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