8TH Amendment: Atkins v. Virginia The Eighth Amendment: It prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment. In the case of Atkins v. Virginia‚ the facts brought to the court was that the defendant‚ Daryl Atkins was tried for capital murder and sentenced to death for the shooting of a victim named Eric Nesbitt. Atkins had been smoking and drinking all day before he decided to walk to a convenient store and hold Nesbitt at gun point‚ upon Daryl’s dissatisfaction with the money he took‚
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The 19th Amendment was one of the most important pieces of legislation as far as women in the United States were concerned as it granted them the right to vote. Previously‚ they were only “represented” by their husbands and fathers‚ it was a time of transformation in women’s history. The women’s rights movement of the mid-nineteenth century focused attention on Constitutional rights for all U.S citizens which included: the right to own property‚ access to college‚ suffrage‚ and the right to have
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The 18th Amendment ‚ considered to be one of the biggest follies of the nation‚ was brought about with the intent to sincerely help the U.S.‚ but more harm came from it than good. Prohibition‚ also known as the 18th Amendment ‚ was ratified on January 29th‚ 1920 and was repealed on December 5th‚ 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment which nullified prohibition.The 18th Amendment stated that it was illegal to manufacture‚ transport‚ and sell alcoholic beverages in the
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The proposals that have been put forth to repeal or modify the 22nd amendment are constitutionally incorrect. The proposal to revise the 22nd amendment should be challenged. This amendment is indeed necessary to safeguard and prevent the developments of a virtual dictatorship. The approach to change the amendments for our future and current presidents and holders of other offices should not be modified in the intent of bettering the community. "The Nations first president had the opportunity to
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What is the 22nd amendment about? No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice and no person who has held the office of the President or even acted‚ as President for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. Why was the 22nd amendment proposed? What conflict does it address? An orderly transition of power was needed for George Washington to set the constitution
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Preston Nguyen English 350 M-W 8:45-9:45 November 3‚ 2010 24th Amendment The amendment was one of the last legal vestiges of segregation that tried to keep the black population and the poor people from participating in the vote. As today‚ the 24th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees that no person can be denied the right to vote due to an inability to pay a tax prior to voting. The "poll tax" is now considered unconstitutional. The poll tax was levied on an individual used as a prerequisite
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Reflections on the First Amendment On December 15th‚ 1971‚ the first X amendments to the Constitution went into affect. The first X amendments to the constitution were known as the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment was written by James Madison because the American people were demanding a guarantee of their freedom. The First Amendment was put into place to protect American’s freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom of assembly and freedom of petition. The First Amendment was written as follows;
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States by which the people and states must abide by‚ we hold to our amendments; however‚ like most things‚ some amendments are under scrutiny‚ as they can be such a controversial topic. One such controversial topic would be our Second Amendment under the Bill of Rights of the Constitution‚ wherein resides our first ten basic‚ natural rights‚ which are guaranteed to citizens of the United States. As stated by the Second Amendment of the United States: “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to
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The 19th Amendment The nineteenth amendment was an enormous step in history. It gave women the right to vote. For many years‚ women had been fighting for this. This amendment drastically changed the lives of Americans and others. It all started in 1848. In this year‚ the Women’s Suffrage Movement was organized. Some of the key leaders of this movement were Elizabeth Stanton‚ Lucretia Mott‚ and Susan Anthony. These three women‚ with the help of many others‚ were vital in swaying the public’s
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of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution that occurred on August 18‚ 1920. Sources such as Wikipedia detail the extensive process of the approval of women’s suffrage that took place over the span of about forty years and the opposition it overcame to become an amendment‚ however it fails to explain the men’s role in the women’s suffrage movement‚ particularly in the state of Tennessee‚ which was the last state’s vote needed to approve its ratification as an amendment to the US Constitution
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