Amendment Essay By: Christina Ramler Neil Gaiman once said‚ “The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed the freedom of speech. Other countries don’t have that.” At the time of the amendments’ creation‚ a vast majority of operating countries had not yet granted their people such freedoms. Granting every citizen of the United States this right seemed to have been an important landmark in this nation’s history. Along with others‚ this right is declared
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The Second Amendment of United States reads‚ "A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed." This amendment has a very strong controversially from the public nation. Also‚ I think it’s one of the most vague and complex sentence among all the Amendments. Until the Supreme Court’s decision in (2008) where they decide “in a five four decisions the Court held that it did‚ striking down a Washington‚ D
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The amendment I chose is also most recent; the 27th amendment. I find it to be rather interesting because it was originally proposed in 1789 along with the Bill of Rights yet it was not ratified until just over 200 years later in 1992. The amendment states‚ “No law‚ varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives‚ shall take effect‚ until an election of Representatives shall have intervened” (History‚ Arts‚ and Achieves‚ n.d.). Or‚ to paraphrase‚ any votes made by Congress
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The fourth amendment is the protection from unreasonable search and seizure unless probable cause is present and in most cases‚ a warrant is issued. This amendment was included in the Declaration of Independence due to searches that the colonists were subjected to. The colonists did not want to pay the taxes being enforced by the King‚ so they began to smuggle goods into the United States via boat. The King of Britain obviously did not agree with this‚ so he sent British ships that could stop and
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and still have enough trouble as is‚ to their own (arguably limited) devices. Letting the weak struggle strikes ethical concern. Before the Hyde Amendment‚ Medicaid funded almost one-third of abortions in the United States‚ and after the Hyde Amendment the government funded just about none. However‚ another effect of the Hyde Amendment is that while federal funding was cut towards abortions‚ it did not bar states from taking on the issue. While the government would handle cases of rape‚ incest‚ and
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The 14th Amendment states that people who are born in the U.S. are automatically citizens. Because of this‚ immagrants from all over are coming over to the U.S. and are having children in order for them to stay in the U.S. I agree with this amendment‚ however others may disagree. Others may believe that in order for your child to become a citizen‚ the parents themselves must be citizens. Evidence that supports the 14th amendment is a CNN article that says‚ “Now Replican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky
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Abstract The understanding of the Fourth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution and its relevance for searches and seizures is critical for any investigator‚ and it strikes a balance between individual liberties and the rights of society. Most importantly‚ the limitation on any search is that the scope must be narrow‚ if a search is not conducted legally‚ the evidence obtained is worthless. As a matter of fact‚ the exclusionary rule established that courts may not accept evidence obtained by unreasonable
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Sydney Kraeger 10 2/18/13 APWH Chapter 14 Cornell Notes Introduction * Aeneas Sylvus doubted whether anyone could convince the Christians leaders to take arms against the Muslims * French and English armies had been fighting for over a century * The German rulers didn’t really control their states * Spain and Italy kingdoms could not unite * The plague took away a third of the European people * 1200-1500 – a time of great progress because of the renaissance
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It seems hard to pick a favorite amendment out of the first ten. Most of the amendments support each other and work together. While all of the amendments are important‚ the one I feel is the most important of all is our 5th amendment right. Freedom of speech‚ religion‚ and our right to bear arms is a wonderful thing. But sometimes things do not quite work out the way we would like‚ and we find ourselves on the other side of the law‚ namely the wrong side. While is it true that when you are arrested
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Carbon-14 Dating: an Invaluable Yardstick in the Chronology of Humans Archeologists use many methods to analyze data from the past. One scientific tool they use is to analyze the radioactive decay of chemical elements found in plant and animal remains‚ pottery‚ and even in rocks. Radiocarbon dating‚ also known as carbon-14 dating‚ has been one of the most important radioisotope dating methods used. This scientific tool‚ which was first developed by Willard F. Libby in the late 1940s‚ has significantly
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