Olivia Watts 3AB Current Event #4 Pleading the Second Amendment to back up your gun rights is actually not a completely valid argument. Some people believe the Second Amendment not only allows them to own guns‚ but that the government cannot restrain those rights. This thought process on our rights in untrue not only in this circumstance but in all of our rights. The government can restrict our rights‚ and they do. The fact is‚ there are already limits on firearms by the government. For example:
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In the political world today there are so many different opinions about several different topics. The topics that I will address to you will be‚ should the 22nd Amendment be repealed and also should the foreign born be allowed to run for president. In both topics you may have your pros and cons‚ but I am strongly against the both of them because I feel that the Constitution should not be taken advantage of. Government should not be allowed to manipulate the Constitution to suit his or her needs.
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propelled by politics. The 5th amendments addition to the constitution in 1870‚ direct disenfranchisement was no longer permitted. Southern whites constructed alternative techniques in order to accomplish their goal— to silence black voices during elections. These methods included literacy test‚ electoral fraud (ballot stuffing)‚ poll taxes‚ the grandfather clause and violence. The Process of Reconstruction lasted from 1863 to 1877. In 1868 the addition of the 14th Amendment granted former slaves their
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The Fourth Amendment protects the right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ and provides that no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons to be seized. In order to establish probable cause‚ the officer must establish that there is a fair probability that the area to be searched contains evidence
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Argumentative essay The second amendment has been the one of the most controversial topic in 2018. First the second amendment‚ what is it? Well‚ the second amendment states that people have the right to bear arms. But should we now with shootings that have happened? Sure people think that the second amendment shouldn’t get be repealed because they need the guns to protect themselves‚ owning a gun is within the canon of natural rights or if the second amendment has been there for this long why
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The Second Amendment: Assault Weapons Unlike many other countries in the world‚ America allows its citizens to own and carry firearms. The right to do so is protected by the Second Amendment of the US constitution written by the founding fathers of America. If a citizen feels the need to go out and purchase an AR-15‚ they are welcome to do so‚ just as long as they meet the requirements such as age‚ no criminal record‚ and proof of legal US citizenship. Where do the boundaries lie though? Are
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(1988) Oliver v. United States‚ 466 U.S Terry v. Ohio‚ 392 U.S. 1 (1968) Chimel v. California‚ 395 U.S McWhirter‚ D. (1994). Search‚ seizure‚ and privacy. Phoenix‚ AZ: Oryx Press. Hubbart‚ P. (2005). Making sense of search and seizure law : a Fourth Amendment handbook.
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though under the First Amendment we have the freedom of speech‚ there are limitations to this freedom. One of the types of speech that is restricted and not protected that the author of the textbook mentions is speech that incites “a criminal act‚ ‘fighting words‚’ and genuine threats” (page 124). This means that if anyone is to say or publish anything that calls for an act of violence and/or any other type of criminal activity‚ it is not protected under the First Amendment. Restricting speech that
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in after school activities which means that they need enough sleep to last them through the day. There are many positive effects of to a later start time to school like better grades‚ less car accidents from before school rush‚ more sleep‚ and just a better attitude in our kids. School should start an hour later because kids always come to school tired. If school started later kids would get better grades. Don’t parents want to see improvements in their children’s academic performance. Teachers
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Introduction: The STCW Convention “The Standards of Training‚ Certification & Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention was drafted in 1978 by conference at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London‚ and was activated in 1984” (wikipedia/stcw). Since its beginning‚ its scope has been to set qualification standards for masters‚ officers and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships. On an international level‚ “the 1978 STCW Convention was the first to establish basic requirements on training
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