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    Fifth amendment

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    Fifth Amendment The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides‚ "No person shall be held to answer for a capital‚ or otherwise infamous crime‚ unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury‚ except in cases arising in the land or naval forces‚ or in the militia‚ when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself‚

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    second amendment protects one of the most important rights that an American has‚ which is the right to keep and bear arms. However despite the second amendment clearly stating that “... the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed.” we the people are constantly under the threat of having one of our essential and fundamental rights stripped from us by authoritarian leftists who continually minimize the rights of Americans. The original purpose of the second amendment and why

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    The second amendment‚ The right to bears arms is one thing that makes our nation such a great place to live. Today in most countries it’s illegal to own a gun because of the government control over the people living there‚ most of these people don’t have their freedom and are told what to do everyday. The right to bear arms gives us the right to protect ourselves and give us the cosher of being safe‚ especially in todays world with all the wrong going on. Self defense is a major issue in the right

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    Fourteen Amendment

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    The fourteenth amendment provides a definition of a citizen of The United States. The fourteenth amendment was adopted on July 9‚ 1868 shortly after the Union victory in the American Civil War. It was adopted as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. It has many different clauses. The fourteenth amendment was adopted as one of the longest amendments to the Constitution with a total of five different parts. The Citizenship clause‚ Due Process Clause‚ and the Equal Protection Clause are some of the

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    The Fourteenth Amendment

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    The Fourteenth Amendment By a thirty-three to eleven vote‚ the Fourteenth Amendment was passed. Although‚ on July 9th‚ 1868 the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified to include‚ all natural born citizens as well as the protection of life‚ liberty and property. The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to protect all the rights of the American people. There have been a few cases recently that were brought to the U.S. Supreme Court. One of the more recent U.S. Supreme Court cases is that of Obergefell

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    1st Amendment

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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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    August 2013 Amendment 64 Assignment When Amendment 64 was passed last year I thought we would have recreational dispensaries instantaneously. However after reading Amendment 64’s stipulations I realize that Colorado and our National government have a lot of regulation that still needs to be placed in preparation of legalization. Most likely we will start to see recreational dispensaries open January 2014. Even though this seems so far away for most people‚ considering that the amendment has already

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    25th amendment

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    25th Amendment The 25th amendment defines the succession of the president‚ and it ensures someone is always prepared to lead our government incase of tragedy. It also provides for the president’s removal if he/she is unable to act as president. It makes it clear who’s to be in charge in almost any given situation that may rise. The 25th amendment provides two remedies when a president is disabled. First: the president of his own volition may turn over the power of his office

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    The 13th Amendment

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    The 13th Amendment‚ passed by Congress January 31‚ 1865‚ and ratified December 6‚ 1865‚ states: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted‚ shall exist within the United States‚ or any place subject to their jurisdiction." The passing of this amendment freed slaves and made it illegal to have slaves‚ but the 13th Amendment did not give African-Americans the equal rights that they longed for. Consequently‚ slavery

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    25th Amendment

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    The 25th amendment has been introduced to the list of the other amendments under the constitution in order to have plans organized in the chance that either the President or the Vice President can no longer perform their duties in the white house due to a health concern or in the case that one of them has died. This amendment has been divided into four different sections‚ each section represents the different successions that are taken in the certain circumstances that may occur. The first section

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