The Second Amendment: Hindrance or Help to Gun Control Amanda Mathew 10062963 POLS 110B-002 Professor Kim Richard Nossal Steven Rendulic 18 March 2013 Word Count: 2408 In light of the recent tragedies in Aurora‚ Colorado and Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ which involved gun violence and resulted in deaths of many people‚ gun control has been on the forefront of political debates in the United States. Many of these debates call to the Second Amendment as either being a hindrance to the implementation
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The 14th Amendment: Why it is so important The 14th amendment is very important to America and it’s people. Without the 14th amendment a lot of us would be treated very differently. How are you supposed to defend yourself when your not even considered equal to the same people just like you? That is exactly why the 14th amendment was created‚ to give the people a way to be able to everyone else. I completely believe in the 14th amendment and the reasons behind it. Think about if we didn’t have
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The 19th Amendment was a great thing to women‚ as it gave them the right to vote. The 19th amendment provides men and women equal voting rights. The government took forty one years before it would confirm the 19th amendment. The 15th amendment says that’s illegal to deny any U.S citizen the right to vote‚ but apparently‚ this law was only applied to male citizens. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were key figures in the suffrage movement Writing helped a lot in the suffrage. Susan B. Anthony
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Out of all of the amendments I believe like most people the first ten amendments known as the bill of rights are by far the most important. The first 10 amendments state the rights of the people‚ also known as the general public. The bill of rights was written in 1791 by James Madison to protect the individual rights from the government. And out of these 10 amendments I would have to say that the first amendment is the most important. This is what made the United States of America different and gave
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The thirteenth amendment states‚ “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except under crime‚ where the subject will be convicted‚ shall exist within the United States‚ unless under punishment of crime.”. This means‚ the United States abolished slavery and people forcing a person to act against their will. Congress also has the power to enforce this amendment. After this amendment was passed slavery was made illegal and the constitution was changed. The first way you amend the constitution‚
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to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed." The Second Amendment has been under question ever since the Founding Fathers wrote it in 1791. Society today is trying to balance what the true intentions of the Founding Fathers were when they wrote the Bill of Rights and most importantly‚ the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment has been the backbone for many arguments and laws that have been upheld in previous Supreme Court cases. Also‚ there
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Amendment one Think of the first amendment‚ what comes to mind? What liberties and independences were stated that still apply to America today? The first Amendment can be considered the most Amendment to Americans. Amendment one was published in the Constitution of the United States in 1789‚ and then it revised again in 1992. It states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom
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Amendment 5 was passed by congress on September 25‚ 1789. It was ratified by on December 15‚ 1791(National Constitution Center). The first ten amendments were introduced by James Madison‚ as a series of legislative articles. Amendment fifth is not a mistake because ot it will not allow to self incriminate yourself‚ it won’t allow any person to have their life put in jeopardy twice‚ and your private property will not be taken for public use without just compensation(Mr Dutt). To not self incriminate
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The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on July 9th‚ 1868. It helped grant citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States (Primary Documents in American History).” One of the reasons the amendment was made to help former slaves become citizens after the civil war. They were being denied the right to become citizens after slavery had been abolished. One of the main points in the Amendment was that states can not denounce land‚ freedom or life from
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The first amendment states‚ "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The first amendment was written by James Madison‚ who was nicknamed “The Father of the Constitution.” In the first amendment‚ Madison wrote about 5 freedoms‚ which are the freedom of speech‚ press
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