The 8th Amendment has a historical significance‚ including the time before the amendment was attached to the Bill of Rights‚ the interpretation of the 8th Amendment‚ and how the amendment affects today’s generations is very relevant. This amendment officially states in the Constitution‚ “Excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted” (Annotated Constitution Eighth Amendment). This article is about the government mandating that punishments
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Jesus Garcia Carrera The 13th‚ 14th and 15th Amendments are very important because the US would have a completely different system then how it is now. The 13th amendment says that slavery nor involuntary servitude will be permitted anywhere in the United States unless it’s because of a punishment for crime. The 14th says that everyone in the US will have the same rights and that no state can restrict them. And the 15th states that no government or state government in the US can deny the right to
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Jackson D. Despite the overwhelming expectations for the eighteenth amendment to repair America and slay the problems plaguing it‚ people were crestfallen when the fingernail of austerity scraped away the gilded layer of the presumably hallowed doctrine‚ revealing the lead core that was the eighteenth amendment’s effects on the American society. In 1920 the U.S prohibited the sale and production of alcohol and the purpose of it was to lower crime rates‚ lower tax burden of prisons‚ solve social
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The 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution was introduced to Congress in 1789 by James Madison and is an extremely important amendment contained in the Bill of Rights‚ furthermore‚ this amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures (Wikipedia‚ n.d.). “Moreover‚ the Fourth Amendment requires governmental searches to be conducted only upon the issuance of a search warrant‚ sanctioned by probable cause and supported by oath or affirmation‚” (Wikipedia‚ n.d.‚ p.1). The warrant requirement
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It was ratified in 1791 by the First Congress and mainly guarantees the rights of citizens and criminals accused of national crimes (Fifth Amendment). Without this amendment criminals accused of a crime could be indicted without a fair trial. The innocent could be subject to unfair treatment they did not deserve and in return the guilty could walk. This amendment also forces the national courts to follow fair procedures in their rulings in concern with an individual’s life‚ liberty‚ and property. For
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The Fourth Amendment was introduced into the Constitution of the United States as a part of the Bill of Rights on September 5‚ 1789. It was a direct response to the abuse of the writ of assistance‚ which was a type of general search warrant used by the government during the American Revolution. (LAWS) The amendment was ratified on December 15‚ 1791. The Fourth Amendment reads: The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures
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achieved equality as the amendments wanted ? Yes in some ways this society has achieved equality ‚ the amendments have helped us in many ways to achieve.All the amendments give american people rights to be free and be ourselves ‚ Not just one amendment ‚ all of them help fight for everyone’s rights. The amendments give the people rights to be free to be whoever anyone wants to be ‚ however Many people abuse their rights and judge other people for being themselves.The Amendments give americans the right
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The Equal Rights Amendment "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." In 1923‚ this statement was admitted to Congress under the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law. If the Era was passed‚ it would have made unconstitutional any laws that grant one sex different rights than the other
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The 7th amendment is a very important amendment to the American Bill of Rights because it has to do with how the judicial system is run. The amendment states that in suits at common law‚ where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars‚ the right of trial by jury shall be preserved‚ and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States‚ than according to the rules of the common law. The 7th Amendment is one of the most important
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thirteenth Amendment marked slavery’s end as it was passed‚ after the civil war ended. Slaves were no longer were required to work for their owners. The fourteenth Amendment gave equal rights of protection to all who were born in the United States In addition to this‚ black people could vote after the fifteenth Amendment was passed. Although there were some success in the Reconstruction Amendments‚ ultimately the fourteenth and fifteenth Amendments did not fulfill their purposes. One Amendment‚ the fourteenth
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