Please read: a personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales Read now Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Bill of Rights in the National Archives. The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. It was adopted as a response to the abuse of the writ of assistance
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legislation.” Was the final goal of the nearly century long battle between the women rights activists and the rest of the nation to make the right to vote equal for all who live under the colors of this great nation. Ratified on August 18‚ 1920‚ the 19th Amendment granted American women the right to vote‚ a right known as woman suffrage. At the time the U.S. was founded‚ its female citizens did not share all of the same rights as men‚ including the right to vote. It was not until 1848 that the movement for
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The 14th Amendment 157 years ago‚ when slavery was an on-going issue‚ an African-American slave came upon the notion that he should be considered a freed man. His reason for feeling such way was simple. He had been living in Illinois for an extended period of time. Illinois at the time was a free state‚ meaning that it had prohibited slavery. With the help of a group of people who opposed slavery‚ he set out to try and become a freed man. This man’s case was presented to the Supreme Court March
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societies viewpoints and ideologies adapt to into the future. An example of changes in the definition about the 8th amendment is seen in the landmark case of Weems vs United States (1910)‚ where Weems was imprisoned for falsifying a public and official document and as a result was sentenced to 15 years. On top of his
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Failed Amendment: Protecting Slavery In 1861‚ an Amendment was proposed to protect the practice of slavery‚ known as the Corwin Amendment.. It would make it so not amendments could be made to effect the use of slavery. This is the only proposed Amendment that has the signature of the President‚ to not be ratified. The President’s signature is considered unnecessary due to the face the constitutional provision that on the concurrence of two-thirds of both Houses of Congress the proposal shall be
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of the 9th Amendment The 9th Amendment reads "The enumeration in the Constitution‚ of certain rights‚ shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." In other words‚ people retain more rights than the ones listed in the Constitution. The 9th amendment is one the least referred to Amendments in decisions of the Supreme Court. People also say it is one of the most confusing‚ controversial and misunderstood Amendments to the Constitution. The 9th Amendment has an interesting
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The Thirteenth Amendment Nina Al Qoreishy Ms.Potina English IV6 March 28‚ 2013 The 13th amendment was one of the most influential Amendments to have ever passed in the U.S. The passing of this Amendment started its transition in the south in the 1963 and lasted for two years ending 1965
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searches don’t occur because police have probable cause. They occur because people get tricked or intimidated into consenting to search requests. Consenting to a search request automatically makes the search legal in the eyes of the law. And the 4th Amendment doesn’t require officers to tell you about your right to refuse. So if you’re pulled over‚ don’t try to figure out whether or not the officer has probable cause to legally search you. You always have the right to refuse search requests by stating
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What is the 22nd amendment about? No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice and no person who has held the office of the President or even acted‚ as President for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. Why was the 22nd amendment proposed? What conflict does it address? An orderly transition of power was needed for George Washington to set the constitution
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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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