The Fourth Amendment was introduced into the Constitution of the United States as a part of the Bill of Rights on September 5‚ 1789. It was a direct response to the abuse of the writ of assistance‚ which was a type of general search warrant used by the government during the American Revolution. (LAWS) The amendment was ratified on December 15‚ 1791. The Fourth Amendment reads: The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures
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17th Amendment The Seventeenth Amendment made it so there would be two senators from each one of the states‚ voted in by the people. The senators would be given a six year term and have one vote each. They added an article to the amendment so when vacancies happen in the senators seat the state legislation would assign someone until the people voted a senator in. The old way of picking state senators was by state legislatures choice. This way was used to make sure that the federal government
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The Bill of Rights is a hallowed and sacred document. Too many‚ it represents the core of the democratic institutions that make America such a desireable place to live in. Indeed‚ the legal protections afforded by the Bill’s amendments were and still are to some degree‚ unprecedented in the world we live in. But‚ despite the lofty mythos surrounding the awesomeness of the Bill of Rights‚ there exists substantial controversy over the interpretation of some amendments. Namely‚ the 2nd and 4th amendments;
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Issues About the Fourth Amendment 1. Introduction The bill of rights is the name of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. James Madison wrote The 4th Amendment is about people having the right to have privacy and feel secure in their persons‚ houses and not having unreasonable searches and seizures‚ and one shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause. In other words‚ the 4th amendment is about having privacy‚ no one is allowed to search you unless
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The RH Bill Friday‚ Sep 23 4:25 PM NOTE: "Leadership Reflections" shares views of the different members of the University Leadership Council on matters related to campus life and the operations of the University. As well‚ it features opinions on issues of national and/or international relevance. RH Bill: A Boon or Bane to Society? By Dr. Maria Cecilia M. Genove‚ Dean‚ College of Mass Communication If there is a strong argument on the passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill‚ it is the
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16th Amendment- Status of Income Tax Clarified. Ratified 2/3/1913 What it is- The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes‚ from whatever source derived‚ without apportionment among the several States‚ and without regard to any census or enumeration. Reason for ratification- In 1895‚ in the Supreme Court case of Pollock v Farmer’s Loan and Trust (157 U.S. 429)‚ the Court disallowed a federal tax on income from real property. The tax was designed to be an indirect
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First Amendment HIS/301 April 9‚ 2013 Mr. De La Peña Reflections on the First Amendment The first amendment to the United States Constitution states that no law can be made to create a national religion‚ or imped the free practice of any or no religion. It also states that no one can infringe on the freedom of speech‚ freedom of press‚ and that no one can interfere with the right to peaceably assemble. This paper will cover the rights of privacy the first amendment protects
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Failed Amendments Essay The amendment that was proposed but never ratified was the second proposal which happened in 1810. The Titles of Nobility Amendment proposed that any citizen who accepted a title of nobility from a government that is overseen by a monarch would automatically renounce their sovereignty and be prohibited from ever maintain a Government office. A period where the United States was still hostile toward Great Britain (leading to the War of 1812) and also Emperor Napoleon’s regime
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The First Amendment is thought by many to be the most important of the Amendments. Under the First Amendment freedom various types of expression are protected. Just like a house of cards will topple if a card is removed‚ if one right of the amendment is removed‚ other rights will soon topple. For this reason many believe all parts of the First Amendment must be protect at all costs. In this essay‚ several different ideas will be discussed concerning the First Amendment. The first paragraph will
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Bill Clinton on Foreign Policy President of the U.S.‚ 1993-2001; Former Democratic Governor (AR) Bill Clinton on 1990s Policies 1994: Briefed on Rwandan genocide but claimed ignorance The callousness of our government is shockingly clear when you look back at the Clinton administration’s position on the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994. For the three-month period starting in April that year‚ Hutu death squads slaughtered an estimated 800‚000 Tutsis and moderate members of their own
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