The Second Amendment Most people would link violence and crime problems with gun control in America. The debate that Americans face today is the freedom the Second Amendment gives citizens and whether or not the country should repeal it. While some people feel that repealing it should solve the problem‚ others believe that it is one of the most important basic freedoms we have as Americans. Federal gun control laws are unconstitutional‚ and I believe the Second Amendment is both an individual
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The Fourth Amendment The Fourth Amendment of the United States of America constitution reads as follows; The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by Oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized. It was ratified into the Bill of Rights on December 15th‚ 1791
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If you were to ask many Americans whether hate speech was covered under the first amendment‚ many would be surprised to find out that in most circumstances it is protected. For the augment essay‚ I plan to argue that hate speech should be covered under the first amendment‚ and its coverage is essential to the idea of free speech. As an African-American male growing up in the South‚ hate speech was not an idea to be debated or a conceptual item to be reflected upon. It was the reality‚ as raw
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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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The Supreme Court has held that a search or seizure of a dwelling may be constitutionally defective if police officers enter without prior notice. The Amendment allows the subject of the warrant an opportunity to challenge the lawful authority of the warrant or to prevent its defective execution‚ such as when the wrong address is targeted or the subject no longer resides at the address. Section 213 of the
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The Lost Amendment Although the Second Amendment was adopted in 1791 there are still two different interpretations to whether the amendment refers to all individual rights to bear arms or strictly the right to bear arms when forming militias. The Second Amendment is an amendment that is a part of the first ten amendments that are referred to as the Bill of Rights. Adopted in 1791 these amendments protect the citizens from the gov’t in order to prevent a tyrannical gov’t. The New Yorker article
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government as well. 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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If any given history buff were to ask anyone on the street who the 7th president was‚ or what the significance of the 14th amendment is‚ would they be able to answer either question correctly? Would any high school students be able to answer them correctly? Although these seem like silly and random questions‚ they both have shaped America and it is a significant part of our history. These days‚ there are many people who don’t- or don’t care to know the history; whether it generally as humans or specifically
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In this weeks module I learned about the eighth amendment and what it entails in this country. The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail‚ excessive fines‚ or cruel and unusual punishments. That being said the founding fathers set this right into the Bill of Rights because of the cruel punishments the king of England had set in place in Great Britain. To live back then was crazy. The king could sentence you to execution without
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Meredith Copeland What I Would Tell America’s Founding Fore Fathers If America’s founding fore fathers were alive today‚ they would probably be happy with how far we’ve come‚ and somewhat ashamed. They would be proud of our military and technology‚ but they would be shocked at how high our dept is. Our dept might be high‚ but America is still the best country in the world. In general‚ our fore fathers would be happy with how far we’ve come. For example‚ America has the best and largest military
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