The Amendment Process: The Bill of Rights Grand Canyon University Master of Education in Educational Administration POS 301 Arizona/Federal Government Mark Tawney April 8‚ 2012 The Amendment Process: The Bill of Rights The Constitution is essentially a rough draft. The Amendments to the Constitution are the edited versions. The Constitution is a living document that the whole country relies upon as it grows and any changes to the Constitution should be meaningful. Article V outlines the
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The Adoption of the 13th Amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1965 In the turn of the fifteenth century African American traveled with European explorers‚ especially Spanish and Portuguese to the New world many serving as crew members‚ servants and slaves (Bigelow‚ 2011). African Americans were free in the beginning times of the New World‚ though first white landowners faced labor crisis‚ what appeared easiest was to force the strong‚ hardworking African Americans to slavery by the mid-sixteen
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One of these controlling factors is the Fourth Amendment‚ which protects our citizens and visitors from an array of items. A few in particular would be; right to privacy‚ search‚ and seizure. The Fourth Amendment also sets the tone for how arrests are affected and how reasonableness is weighed on heavily. The Fourth Amendment grants American citizens protection from illegal searches and seizures. The Fourth Amendment is designed to protect the right to privacy
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a lot smaller and much more famous around the world. One individual has played a big role in the computer industry. He is an American business executive‚ chairman and chief executive officer of the Microsoft Corporation‚ and a multibillionaire: Bill Gates. CAREER Gates‚ William Henry‚ III (1955- ) was born in Seattle‚ Washington. Gates grew up in a very competitive family. His father‚ William H. Gates II‚ was an attorney. His mother‚ Mary‚ was a University of Washington regent and
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How does a bill become a law? A bill is an idea for a new law‚ or an idea to change or do away with an existing law. Prior to a bill becoming a law‚ it must be approved by the United States House of Representatives‚ the United States Senate‚ and the President of the United States. Anyone can come up with an idea for a new law. However‚ only a member of Congress can introduce legislation so any one with new ideas for a new law must contact their Representatives to discuss their ideas. Once their
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The Second Amendment: In History and Today The Second Amendment is a controversial topic today‚ just as it was in 1787. There are so many different interpretations on what the congress meant when originally adopting this Amendment in the first place. Through the Second Amendment‚ this paper looks at the intent of the writers of The Constitution and the impact of this particular Amendment today. By looking at The Articles of Confederation‚ The Constitution‚ and current
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Amendments to the United States Constitution Someone University of XXXXX HIS/301 February 16‚ 2013 Amendments to the United States Constitution The Declaration of Independence was the creation of the Second Continental Congress. Before adjourning the first Continental Congress in October 1774‚ the delegates of that Congress agreed to reconvene the following May if the Parliament of Great Britain failed to address their grievances. Following the condemnation of Massachusetts and Suffolk
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the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." (Bill of Rights) The First Amendment‚ along with the rest of the Bill Of Rights‚ was put into force on the 15th of December‚ 1791. The Bill of Rights declares ten Amendments that protect US citizens’ basic rights and civil liberties; one of which is the right to have freedom of speech‚ and gives the same to the Fourth Estate - the press and media. This Amendment also allows the
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IV Amendment The Constitution‚ through the Fourth Amendment‚ protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. The Fourth Amendment‚ however‚ is not a guarantee against all searches and seizures‚ but only those that are deemed unreasonable under the law. Whether a particular type of search is considered reasonable in the eyes of the law‚ is determined by balancing two important interests. On one side of the scale is the intrusion on an individual’s Fourth Amendment rights
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8/26/11 The 14th Amendment Before the time of the fourteenth amendment the only people that were protected under the Bill of Rights was the white men. Once the Emancipation Proclamation passed the government thought that it would be beneficial to have in writing that the blacks had equal rights to the white male. This was not the only important addition to the constitution with the passing of the fourteenth amendment‚ but it was the major one. Another change in the 14th amendment described the
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