in its own development and potency since the establishment of the Constitution. The United States was founded in hopes of having a truly free‚ full functioning society. In order to achieve such a goal‚ the framers of this country drafted the Constitution brilliantly and attentively. With the creation of the three branches‚ Legislative‚ Executive‚ and Judicial‚ the Constitution also created checks and balances‚ the capability for each branch to check the power of the others. To ensure the continuing
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set of documents that gave certain inalienable rights to Americans. On December 15‚ 1791 the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution were ratified and became known as the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment of the Constitution is the most sacred to Americans. It says that‚ “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
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Even in the 21st century‚ the U.S. Constitution still does not explicitly guarantee that all of the rights it protects are held equally by all citizens without regard to sex. The only right that the Constitution specifically affirms to be equal for women and men is the right to vote in the 19th Amendment.The Equal Rights Amendment‚ proposed to Congress in 1923‚ would guarantee equal rights between men and women. In 1972‚ it passed both houses of Congress and went to the state legislatures for ratification
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Civil Rights Amendment The 13th amendment means to except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted‚ shall exist within the United States. No one should be imprisoned like slavery unless they committed a crime. It got rid of slavery. The 13th amendment is important because slavery is not ok.Slavery is when people is own as there property.The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment for
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Equal Rights Amendment or ERA‚ which originally stated‚ "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." The amendment was ignored during the twenty’s‚ thirties‚ and forties until it was reintroduced in 1951. The ERA was then dropped until 1970 when feminists across america fought to reestablish and expand it to not only cover gender equality but racial equity and age discrimination as well. Although the Equal Rights Amendment
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guided by the Constitution‚ which declares it to be Secular‚ Socialist‚ Republic and at the same time we are governed by Rule of Law. Law is the supreme authority which confers rights to its citizens and under which most important is the “Equality before the law” and “Equal protection of Law”. The constitution of India has been made the supreme law of the country and other laws are required to be in conformity with it. Any law which is found in violation of any provision of the constitution‚ particularly
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from all over the world to get the same rights as U.S. citizens. Under the constitution‚ the Equal Rights Amendment does not guarantee women the same rights as men. Thanks to Susan B. Anthony‚ on August 26‚ 1920‚ the only right the Constitution specifically states to be equal for women and men‚ is the right to vote under the nineteenth amendment. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)‚ was written by Alice Paul and passed by Congress on March 22‚ 1972. The amendment was sent to the states for ratification
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The Bill of Rights are the first ten Amendments that were written for the Constitution‚ and were created to strengthen the protection of citizen’s individual rights. These were written by House of Representatives member James Madison. There were two parties at the time‚ the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The Federalists believed that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary because the states and the people had the powers not specifically granted to the government. On the other hand‚ the Anti-Federalists
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“The Antifederalists Were Right” published on September 27‚ 2006 by Gary Galles in the Mises Daily discusses how the Antifederalists predictions of the dangers of the Constitution were true. The Antifederalists opposed the ratification of the Constitution because they feared a strong central government. However‚ the Antifederalists reasons for being against the Constitution turned out to be true. First‚ they feared that vague clauses such as general welfare‚ necessary and proper‚ Commerce Clause
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Since 1791‚ the Bill of Rights has given people their freedom around the United States. In the beginning‚ the Bill of Rights consisted of the first ten amendments to the Constitution. These amendments have protected the United States government from gaining and having full power to control people lives. It has created a system that has given people the freedom to choose by their beliefs and values. This document has protected the rights people deserve when the government feels superior to the power
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