or things to be seized.” This is how the 4th Amendment in the Constitution is stated. This amendment means the police cannot search your house without a warrant or probable cause. It offers protection to the people from unlawful searches and seizures. Without the Fourth Amendment‚ the American people would have no privacy and that any soldier‚ government official‚ and law enforcement official‚ could enter people’s homes whenever they pleased
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The First Amendment allows for the freedom of the press‚ and presents a shield of protection for journalists. It also gives the public their rights to the truth‚ and the journalist’s freedom to seek and report the truth. However‚ corporate business interests can often conflict with the use of the First Amendment and affect a journalist’s ethical commitment to it. This is portrayed in All the President’s Men‚ Shattered Glass‚ and Absence of Malice. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights‚ U.S.
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The nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920‚ giving all women the right to vote. This amendment was the result of over two generations of women’s protests and hard work. The nineteenth Amendment was officially ratified on August 18‚ 1920‚ but it was introduced to Congress 42 years earlier‚ in 1878. This amendment guaranteed that all women who were citizens of the United States could not be denied or restricted from voting based on their gender. Many thought that this right was implied in the fourteenth
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3 Source Annotated Bibliography Project: 14th Amendment Source 1: Online Webpage http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day--Fourteenth-Amendment-Ratified-.html‚ on this day‚ created July 9th‚ 2011 6:00 a.m.‚ by findingdulcineastaff Summary: This is a webpage created by the Findingdulcineastaff that goes over and explains what the 14th Amendment is. It tells you that the 14th Amendment granted equal freedom to all people born in the U.S.‚ even slaves. This obviously
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first ten amendments to the U.S constitution. The purpose of The Bill of Rights is to protect individual liberties. This document was created September 25‚ 1789 and was then ratified on December 15‚ 1791. This took two years after being created to be put in the government’s records. This document added certain safeguards of democracy. This provided personal freedoms as well as personal rights. The author of The Bill of Rights is James Madison. I will be discussing the 1st amendment ‚ the first
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rights of students into consideration. Furthermore‚ an issue that stands out amongst students is the First Amendment; the right to freedom of speech‚ press‚ religion and peaceful protest. With each situation that comes up in which a student’s rights are questioned‚ one must consider if students are protected by the First Amendment as regular citizens. Students are protected by the First Amendment to a degree; because they are in an environment of heightened security and focus on safety‚ there are situations
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In The second amendment is a recipe for police killings Michael Wood explains how the Second amendment is a danger to police officers. Wood used the shootings in Baton Rouge as an example of how the Second amendment‚ which grants Americans the right to be armed‚ is a threat to police officers due to the easy access everyone has to all different types of weapons‚ guns especially. Anyone can simply walk into a store and purchase a gun‚ of course there is a process you are required to go through before
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Should the 2nd amendment give citizens the right to own assault weaponry? Introduction: Does anyone know what people were the first to invent guns? The Chinese were the first people to invent guns. The first hand gun was called the Hand Cannon. What the second amendment means. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution‚ which is part of the Bill of Rights‚ declares a well regulated militia as being necessary to the security of a Free State‚ and prohibits infringement of "the right
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informs Americans the rights and wrongs of being an American.The three amendments I think is the most important are the first amendment freedom of speech and religion‚ second the right to bear arms‚ and also The fourth The right of the people to be secure in their persons. The constitution has a document called the bill of rights which states the those right are equal amongst the citizens of the United States. The first amendment states congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
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attitudes‚ and ethics. A highly well-known right given to American’s is the freedom of speech which stems from the first amendment. This prohibits the government from creating any laws that could stop the people from exercising their feelings‚ or speaking their thoughts. American’s deserve the right to share their opinions as well as criticize our government. The first amendment is often seen as our most important right as American’s. In some countries‚ citizens are not allowed to criticize or question
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