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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The debate over the Second Amendment is an ongoing one. Select appropriate sources and research the following: 1. What does the Constitution say about the right to bear arms? 2. What is the Supreme Court’s position on the Second Amendment? 3. What is the Brady Law and what impact has it had on gun control issues? 4. Has the Second Amendment undergone the Incorporation process? If not‚ why not? Answer all questions. Your report must be at least 300 words. List all web resources and
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the trial. Procedural History: Kratz moved to have the evidence squashed under the fourth amendment‚ but was denied. Kratz appealed to the appeals committee stating evidence was admissible because there was no entrance into his home to get the recordings Issue: Is the government’s evidence enough that a jury could‚ without a reasonable doubt‚ charge Kratz with the crime at hand? Rule: The fourth amendment protects against unlawful searches and seizures‚ and follows a person not a place. Analysis:
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Cambridge GCE Entry Amendment Form Session: May/June 2015 PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS STATED BELOW BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM Deadline 11 Feb - 04 Mar 2015 Amendment fee applicable stage wise PKR 6‚300/- 05 Mar - 20 Mar 2015 PKR 11‚680/- Instruction: This form must only be used to change information for a candidate who has already been entered for the examination. In order to add a syllabus‚ write the required syllabus option code details in the box and cross out the Remove and Option tags
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Can the success of the American experiment be adequately under understood by merely studying the personalities and interpersonal relationships of the founding brothers? Summary: The success of the American experiment can be understood well enough by only studying the personalities and social relationships of the founding brothers. The main purpose of this book was to examine how specific relationships influenced the time period‚ in fact‚ this book is almost solely made up of explaining relationships
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The 23rd amendment gives residents of Washington DC the right to vote for representatives in the Electoral College. Remember that the Electoral College chooses our next president‚ based on the voting within their state. Since DC is not a state‚ its residents were not allowed to vote for President as well as elected voting representative to Congress. Today‚ DC sends a delegate to Congress who may speak on behalf of those that live in DC‚ but that delegate may not vote. HdbjbjhjjbhjThe 23rd amendment
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In the bill of rights there are ten amendments that are very important to us the people. This limits you to what you can and can’t do. The bill of right was written in 1689. It is an act of the parliament of england that deals with the constitution matters and set out certain basic civil rights. the Bill of Rights to protect the citizens was not initially deemed important‚ the Constitution’s supporters realized it was crucial to achieving ratification. Thanks largely to the efforts of James Madison
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The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to votebased on that citizen’s "race‚ color‚ or previous condition of servitude". It was ratified on February 3‚ 1870‚ as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments.In the final years of the American Civil War and theReconstruction Era that followed‚ Congress repeatedly debated the rights of the millions of black former slaves. By 1869‚ amendments had
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All Americans are entitled to their rights. The Fourth Amendment states that we the people have to deny search and seizures from law enforcement without a warrant. The fourth amendment generally prohibits police from entering a home without a warrant unless the circumstances fit an established exception to the warrant requirement. According to the book The Constitution: Our Written Legacy by Joseph A. Melusky‚ the Fourth Amendment gives the right of the people to be secure in their person‚ houses
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