First Amendment HIS/301 April 9‚ 2013 Mr. De La Peña Reflections on the First Amendment The first amendment to the United States Constitution states that no law can be made to create a national religion‚ or imped the free practice of any or no religion. It also states that no one can infringe on the freedom of speech‚ freedom of press‚ and that no one can interfere with the right to peaceably assemble. This paper will cover the rights of privacy the first amendment protects
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surfeit of amendments that would protect the people’s rights. One of the most prominent amendments in the bill of rights is the eighth amendment. The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution is the section of the Bill of Rights that states that punishments must be fair‚ cannot be cruel‚ and that fines that are extraordinary large cannot be set. The eighth amendment states that punishment must be fair‚ however a plethora of modern issues violate this specific part of the amendment. In fact
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Cynthia Ms. Conboy AP U.S. History 25 January 2012 After the 13th Amendment was passed‚ African American slaves were freed from their lifetime involuntary servitude‚ and life for them seemed to be on the way to happiness (Document A). An economy that worked without slaves was a new concept to the South; freedmen were joyous about it‚ and white planters loathed it. The United States underwent a sort of revolution in its economy and its social hierarchy (Document D). After the Civil War ended
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Define and discuss the purpose of the 14th and 15th Amendments? How successful were these Amendments? Specifically‚ address the safety of African Americans during the reconstruction? How did the Compromise of 1877 affect the South for future decades? Volume I‚ Chapter 12‚ pages 299-323 & Chapter 13‚ pages 324 -345 The Fourteenth Amendment changed the Constitution by compelling states to accept their residents as citizens and to guarantee that their rights as citizens would be safeguarded
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States by which the people and states must abide by‚ we hold to our amendments; however‚ like most things‚ some amendments are under scrutiny‚ as they can be such a controversial topic. One such controversial topic would be our Second Amendment under the Bill of Rights of the Constitution‚ wherein resides our first ten basic‚ natural rights‚ which are guaranteed to citizens of the United States. As stated by the Second Amendment of the United States: “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to
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all the nation ’s citizens‚ ranging from the freedom of exercising one ’s inborn rights to the constitutional rights given to each of the unique and individual thirteen colonies‚ now part of the United States of America. Specifically‚ the First Amendment includes the most important rights for a truly democratic society: the rights of religion‚ speech‚ press‚ assembly‚ and petition. Without these valued rights
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adamant and persistent even though there were many battles he had to go through to maintain his stand. His actions followed a timeline which started from Datuk Kelana’s act of bringing in a Briton into Sungai Ujong‚ up until the truce he had with the British. His struggles to maintain Negeri Sembilan started with Datuk Kelana’s acts of bringing in Britons into the state. Datuk Kelana‚ whose real name was Datuk Laksamana Syed Abdul Rahman‚ made a treaty in March 1872 and allowed Briton Henry Velge
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Americans communications The Fourth Amendment protects your privacy‚ for instance the police cannot search personal properties. Due to the definition of "the right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚” it makes people feel secure (Legal Information). In addition‚ it prevents all irrelevant searches that are not useful. On the other hand the Fourth Amendment makes it challenging for law enforcement to gather information. The Fourth Amendment is beneficial to citizens: it protects
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thought out idea‚ it isn’t because it squanders taxpayer resources‚ abuses and infringes upon our First Amendment rights‚ and creates a dearth of personal responsibility. Initially‚ this radical idea limits our First Amendment rights even more than it already is. As it states in the article‚ Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch "Cyberbullies"‚ "Senators are mistaken about the First Amendment…
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SIGNIFICANCE OF 13TH‚ 14TH‚ 15TH AMENDMENTS The 13th Amendment went through a number of significant constitutional processes and stages before finally gaining a place in the United States Constitution as it is today. For example Senate actually passed the Amendment on April 8‚ 1864 but it was not until January 31‚ 1865 that the House would also pass it (Wagner‚ 2006). Even with this‚ actual adoption of the 13th Amendment came to fruition on December 6‚ 1865. The 14th Amendment also went through similar
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