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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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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Darius henry The First Amendment In my opinion freedom of speech and First Amendment rights are crucial to higher education because For One‚ Freedom of speech is the right for an individual to speak their mind without interfering with the law and the First Amendment is the law respecting an establishment of religion ‚ the right to free expression‚ infringing on the freedom of the press‚ and freedom of belief. Which all ties into education itself sine the majority of it is sourly based on
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The 5th Amendment Basically‚ the 5th Amendment states that no one shall be charged with capital crimes without a Grand Jury’s permission‚ except in cases regarding the military while under service in wartime or public danger. No one can be put on trial again for the same crime. You can’t be forced to testify yourself. That no one should be executed‚ jailed‚ or have property seized without a legal precedent. Also you can’t be put through cruel or unusually punishment.
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three from among the 11th - 27th Amendments to the United States Constitution. Create a PowerPoint project with Pictures. Components of the ProjectWho was involved in the issue addressed by the proposal? Who helped pass the amendment?What was its purpose? xxxWhat was the issue that prompted the proposal? xxxWhen did it happen (time period in history‚ when proposed‚ when passed‚ when ratified)xxx Where did the issue(s) originally take place? Where was the amendment finally passed? Washington dcWhy
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Amendment XII Have you ever wondered if the presidents and vice president votes would be counted as one? After the 1800 Presidential Election‚ the 12th Amendment was adopted to fix a flaw in the Constitution that had allowed Thomas Jefferson to tie in the Electoral College with his vice presidential candidate Aaron Burr. The election was then sent to the House of Representatives‚ which required 36 ballots to finally elect Jefferson president. The 12th Amendment specifies that electors should
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The Instant Runoff Amendment It is time for America to stop choosing its president by an archaic‚ confusing‚ and undemocratic method. As the 2000 election has shown‚ using the Electoral College lets a candidate win the Presidency even if a larger number of voters prefer and vote for someone else. Getting rid of the Electoral College may be very hard‚ but by writing a 28th amendment‚ it will definitely get rid of them for sure‚ but there is
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Rehabilitation for Juvenile Delinquents When a child commits a crime‚ they are considered as a juvenile delinquent and are placed in a detention center for punishment. Most juveniles commit crimes because of the environment in which they live. An unhealthy environment can be associated with living in poverty‚ the demise of family‚ and child abuse. Although‚ others commit crimes because of bad decision making. Juvenile delinquents deserve better rehabilitation than they are already receiving because
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The 8th amendment to the constitution prohibits the government from inflicting cruel and unusual punishments because they exhibited an inhumane way of executing "inmates"‚ tortured their guilty victims to death and were considered to many as unjust. It also prohibits high bail or excessive fines against the defendant. However‚ it has also been deemed Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States (according to the Eighth Amendment) to inflict physical damage on students in a school environment
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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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