The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of The United States of America was added as part of the Bill of Rights on December 15‚ 1791. The Fourth Amendment deals with protecting people from searching their homes‚ and private property without properly executed search warrants. “Provides 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” (The History Behind the
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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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Mohammad S. Chaudhry American Government 25-April-2012 Fourth Amendment vs. Patriot Act “Give me Liberty or give me death” by Patrick Henry It is dangerous world when you’re not safe in your own home. Thieves and robbers are not the suspects anymore; instead it’s the authorities that take their place in terrorizing your mind and body. The policing authorities have been given a free pass to do as they please to put fear in the nation’s eyes. With the implementation of acts such as the
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The eighth amendment is defined as “excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted (Lectlaw‚ 2010). This amendment was adopted as part of the Bill of Rights in 1791. The eighth amendment serves the purpose of protection of those who are innocent until proven guilty and to ensure that all persons are treated fairly in the criminal justice system. Defendants who are not released on bail are being denied the opportunity to prepare their
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The 14th Amendment states that no state can make/ enforce any law which it takes away privileges or immunities from a person that is a citizen of the United States or that was born in the United States. The 14th Amendment has been used in an awful way for the past five years by the certified peace officers of other communities. An example of this is the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. He was brutally murdered by a peace officer Stanford‚ Florida because of something that was portrayed as something
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The Fourth Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights which was established in the seventeenth and eighteenth century English common law. Aside from the rest of the amendments in the Bill of Rights the Fourth Amendment can be traced back to a strong public reaction from some cases back in the 1760s. Two of these cases happened in England and one case happened in the colonies. These cases involved some pamphleteers who would pass out pamphlets to the public in order to spread their word around. These
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The constitution was ratified in June 21‚ 1788 with the purpose to establish a central government of the new country which would then provide the procedures and scenarios of how the government is run. The bill of rights along with the other 17 amendments state the rights that belong and cannot be taken away from the people‚ the rights are protected by the constitution to prevent them from being removed by the government. The freedom of speech‚ press‚ religion‚ peaceable assembly‚ and to petition
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doing this the courts have established certain criteria that they can follow in regards to searches of schools. The Supreme Court declared that the Fourth Amendment does apply in the school but‚ due to the fact that the schools interest is to maintain security‚ order‚ and provide a good educational environment the full protection of the 4th Amendment does not apply. (Ferdico‚ Fradella & Totten‚ 2009) The scopes of the searches are limited and should be reasonable in nature. Random searches
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An influential government philosopher John Locke once stated‚ “Government has no other end ‚ but the preservation of property.” The 4th amendment has an important part of protecting essential values. 4th amendment allows people to be secured in persons‚ houses‚ ext.Unless an issued search warrant ‚probable cause or reasonable suspicion. For instance a precedent is Katz v Ohio this shows that the government can go too far with their search and seizure procedure.Today there are many cases in which
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The Fifth Amendment places constitutional boundaries on police practices. The police officers has an obligation to warn the suspects that they have a right to remain silent‚ that anything they say may be used against them‚ and that they have the right to counsel.[1]‚[2] The Fifth Amendment can be broken down into five distinctive constitutional rights such as grand juries for capital crimes‚ a prohibition on double jeopardy‚ a prohibition against required self-incrimination‚ a guarantee that all
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