Derk L. Poortenga Hour 5 October 24‚ 2016 Mr. Daum English 11 Pre Assessment Pre Assessment: 1st Amendment The founding fathers of America believed in religious freedom‚ and the right to sue without prosecution‚ was mandatory for our nation to be free and open minded. Many of these beliefs are solely presented in the 1st amendment. For instance: Thomas Jefferson states in the first part of the one and only sentence in the first paragraph with “Whereas Almighty God hath created the mind free; that
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criminals face justice‚ but it raises the question of how far are these officials able to go before they are unreasonably invading people’s privacy? That is generally what the 4th Amendment deals with‚ protection against unreasonable search and seizure. The current case of Jones vs. United States is a suit dealing with the 4th Amendment and has large implications‚ as it could set precedent for whether or not GPS tracking can be used without a warrant. A tracking device was put on his Jones car by police officers
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The 19th amendment - The 19th amendment was passed on August 18‚ 1920. This amendment gave women the right to vote‚ it made women equal to men in the political eyes. This happened after Tennessee legalized women’s rights as the 35th state. Since‚ it was the 35th state that passed this law making the two-thirds law kick in as majority rules. Women’s rights marches - This was marches that women suffragist did to spread the word about women’s oppressment. The biggest march was in 1913 started by
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The Second Amendment: A Threat to Civilized People? Gun control has recently created a massive uproar throughout the United States because of the recent‚ and sincerely unfortunate‚ Sandy Hook school shooting that occurred last December. In response to this tragedy‚ Democratic leaders have been attempting to capitalize on the incident and push forward their respective agenda of limiting gun rights. As one can imagine‚ there are a surfeit of opinions on the subject‚ but despite this fact‚ I have come
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The Bastard The first Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion‚ freedom of speech‚ and freedom of expression from government interference. This is one of the most important amendments in the constitution and is what America is most proud of. However‚ these rights aren’t all they are cracked up to be. For example‚ censorship is very common and goes against the freedom of speech. Censorship has many different roles in society both in the past and
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In Bret Stephens‚ OP-ED article “Repeal the Second Amendment” he states the point that the Second Amendment needs to be repealed‚ just as the title insinuates. In the article‚ many points are brought from different standpoints are brought up and discussed‚ including a standpoint based on the law‚ one based on personal-safety‚ one on national-security‚ and another on the point of personal liberty. The first point that is mentioned is the standpoint based on law which states‚ that with a more prevalent
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The three amendments that I chose was The Second Amendment‚ The Thirteetth Amendment(1865)‚ and The Nineteenth Amendment(1920). The Second Amendment is important because it gives the person the right to bear a arm. It can also provide protection for people. Before the Second Amendment was passed. People already had the right to bear a arm. It just stopped the government from infringing in it. I think that it was a good thing that this was passed. Why‚ because it make people feel protected when
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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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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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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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