Ian Danahy 9/26/12 Mr. Russel US History Amendment Thematic Essay The world has changed dramatically over the decades. What society believes today may not be what the future may need. There is no method that can predict what will happen in the very near future. The men who helped write the constitution tried to make the constitution apply to all aspects of life but there have been many changes to it to help keep things reasonable and just. The founding fathers created to constitution
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with amendment proposals. In the U.S. Congress‚ both the House of Representatives and the Senate approve by a 2/3 supermajority vote. Amendments that are approved do not require the signature of the President and are sent directly to the states for ratification. There are two methods in ratifying amendments to the constitution. One is ¾ of the state legislatures must approve of the amendment proposed by congress. While the other method requires that ¾ of the states must approve the amendment via ratifying
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discuss the purpose of the 14th and 15th Amendments? How successful were these Amendments? Specifically‚ address the safety of African Americans during the reconstruction? How did the Compromise of 1877 affect the South for future decades? Volume I‚ Chapter 12‚ pages 299-323 & Chapter 13‚ pages 324 -345 The Fourteenth Amendment changed the Constitution by compelling states to accept their residents as citizens and to guarantee that their rights as citizens would be safeguarded. Its first
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for them; that is exactly what the colonists did when King George III took away the colonists’ right to trial by jury. Colonists knew the importance of the 7th Amendment because it prevented judicial bias and allowed
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First Amendment guarantees every American’s right to the free exchange of ideas‚ beliefs‚ and political debate. The First Amendment of the Constitution states that "Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for a redress of grievances" (National Archives and Records Administration 2001). We have the right of freedom of speech and by definition‚ this means that we have “the right to express
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ENG 1213: Principles of English Composition II Unit 2: A Breakdown of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” Kelli McBride Definition from "Literary Terms" (http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/allegory.html): Allegory is a form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance‚ and characters are often personifications of abstract
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thought out idea‚ it isn’t because it squanders taxpayer resources‚ abuses and infringes upon our First Amendment rights‚ and creates a dearth of personal responsibility. Initially‚ this radical idea limits our First Amendment rights even more than it already is. As it states in the article‚ Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch "Cyberbullies"‚ "Senators are mistaken about the First Amendment…
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When our founding fathers wrote the Bill of Rights‚ they included a surfeit of amendments that would protect the people’s rights. One of the most prominent amendments in the bill of rights is the eighth amendment. The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution is the section of the Bill of Rights that states that punishments must be fair‚ cannot be cruel‚ and that fines that are extraordinary large cannot be set. The eighth amendment states that punishment must be fair‚ however a plethora
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The first amendment: freedom of speech is violated with censorship. In the ALA Library Bill of Rights‚ parents‚ and only parents‚ have the right to prohibit or control what their children read. Freedom of expression and of opinion is for everyone‚ not just for the people that the majority thinks are right. In 1953‚ Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas said‚ “Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could easily defeat
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and fifteenth amendments were measures taken by the American government to ensure equal right after the civil war. The thirteenth amendment was declared to abolish slavery. The fourteenth guaranteed equal protection for everyone and the fifteenth guaranteed equal voting rights regardless of race. Together these are known as the Civil War Amendments. To a certain extent these amendments had an impact because it presented blacks with many opportunities. Although the civil war amendments granted equality
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