Constitution and Amendments. It rules how the government should work. It creates the Presidency‚ Congress‚ and the Supreme Court. Each state also has a constitution. The constitutions of the states are their highest law for that state — but the United States Constitution is higher. The Constitution can be changed‚ and it’s changed by an "amendment." Among the amendments is a list of the rights of the people. It is illegal for the government to violate those rights. As of 2006‚ there are 27 amendments. Not all
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Introduction Type II Diabetes is a rapidly growing disease in our country. Unfortunately‚ many of us know at least one person who battles through this metabolic disease. I chose the article titled The sugar disease-understanding type 2 diabetes mellitus written by Georgina Casey to review and learn from. This article was found in the Continuing Professional Development +Nurses Journal published in March 2011. My grandmother has battled with this disease for many years and it has slowly progressed
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The First Amendment and the Bill of Rights: The first amendment‚ established on December 15‚1791 by James Madison is one out of the ten amendments in the bill of rights. This was First Amendment to the U.S constitution but some call it “Amendment 1”. The first amendment gives the right to freedom of religion. This prevents the government from establishing one religion for the whole country‚ allowing anyone to choose their own religion. It also gives us something called freedom of speech and
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Cited: Angelopoulos‚ Dr. Theodore. HSC 3211 Preventative Healthcare. University of Central Florida‚ Fall 2012. Robinson‚ Mathew. HSC 3211 PowerPoint Presentations. University of Central Florida‚ Fall 2012. John Orelien Case Study #2 HSC 3211 T/R October 23‚ 2012
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technology testing the Fourth Amendment? With all the new technology‚ police are now using devices that could potentially “see through walls”. They are also using other search techniques such as wiretapping to conduct searches rather than a “physical search” and by doing so; they can “legally” avoid violating the Fourth Amendment. A lot of the Fourth Amendment has also been weakened significantly over the years from Federal Court Case and the new technology. The fourth Amendment is “The right of the people
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Ariel Okech Diana D’India ENGL 101 055 31 October 2014 In "A First Amendment Junkie" Susan Jacoby argues that censoring pornography goes against the First Amendment. She believes that the First Amendment should be absolutely interpreted. She states that people will never be able to agree on what should be censored. She points out that censoring pornography will lead to censorship of other topics that need to be discussed and brought to attention in American society. She believes that pornography
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In the First Amendment‚ there are two clauses that can be applied to religion. The two clauses are the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. The Establishment Clause prohibits the establishment of a religion by Congress. Essentially‚ there will be no “official religion” forced upon the citizens. The Free Exercise Clause allows people to freely take part in any religion and partake in religious rituals. There are multiple cases where these First Amendment clauses are used in an official
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What speech does the first amendment protect on college campuses? By definition‚ a speech code is any rule or regulation that limits‚ restricts‚ or bans speech beyond the strict legal limitations upon freedom of speech or press found in the legal definitions of harassment‚ slander‚ libel‚ and fighting words (First Amendment). There is not one real speech code that all public college campuses follow. The first amendment includes freedom of speech‚ but does not limit any speech codes on college
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Top 10 Reasons to Apply for a Scholarship Number Ten… Time is money If it takes you a total of 10 hours to look for scholarship opportunities and you receive only one $500 scholarship‚ you have made $50 per hour—more than most of us make at our jobs! It takes most students less than half an hour to complete the College of Technology scholarship application! Number Nine… Scholarships are an investment—in YOU. Scholarships are not a handout. Even if you believe there are people who are more
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the 13th and 15th amendment. In terms of the 13th‚ the case of Dred Scott v. Stanford comes to mind. We see the court rule and state that Americans of African descent were not American citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. Along with that we also again see racial segregation upheld in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ as I talked about previously. Although there were no cases that directly overturned the Dred Scott case or the Plessy case‚ the fourteenth amendment paved way for equal
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