The Second Amendment: In History and Today The Second Amendment is a controversial topic today‚ just as it was in 1787. There are so many different interpretations on what the congress meant when originally adopting this Amendment in the first place. Through the Second Amendment‚ this paper looks at the intent of the writers of The Constitution and the impact of this particular Amendment today. By looking at The Articles of Confederation‚ The Constitution‚ and current
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The 25th amendment has been introduced to the list of the other amendments under the constitution in order to have plans organized in the chance that either the President or the Vice President can no longer perform their duties in the white house due to a health concern or in the case that one of them has died. This amendment has been divided into four different sections‚ each section represents the different successions that are taken in the certain circumstances that may occur. The first section
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The Instant Runoff Amendment It is time for America to stop choosing its president by an archaic‚ confusing‚ and undemocratic method. As the 2000 election has shown‚ using the Electoral College lets a candidate win the Presidency even if a larger number of voters prefer and vote for someone else. Getting rid of the Electoral College may be very hard‚ but by writing a 28th amendment‚ it will definitely get rid of them for sure‚ but there is
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Second Amendment: CIVIL LIBERTIES BEING CHALLENGED The Second Amendment has become the most talked about amendment in recent times. I am sure that this has become the forefront of most political person’s discussions in recent times because of the violence that has taken hold of our society. Is it that guns need to be controlled or the people using them? After all‚ it isn’t guns that kill people‚ its people that kill people. But as it pertains to the second amendment‚ is our current government
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It wasn’t until the Nineteenth Amendment was passed in 1920 that women obtained this right. Throughout the history of America’s government‚ the legislature has passed many different Amendments. One important amendment to women was the nineteenth. This Amendment deals with the issues of Women’s suffrage. There was much controversy of whether or not woman should have the right to vote. Many different key women such as Elizabeth Stanton‚ Lucretia Mott‚ and Susan B. Anthony devoted most of their
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The 27 Amendments to the Constitution have had a profound impact on our country. Although all of the Amendments have had a direct effect on the citizens of the United States‚ there are three amendments that stand out above all of the others due to their impact and significance. The three amendments to the Constitution that I think are the most important to the American people are Amendments one‚ two‚ and four. #1 Freedom of Speech is to help people speak and write freely without any punishment.
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To drink or no? Ever since the first people stumbled across alcohol (and then each other) this has been a question commonly asked. Statistics show that a majority of domestic violence‚ automobile accidents‚ and rape‚ all involve (many times) alcohol. Whether one thinks consumption is "right" or not has been asked by people for people from time to time. This would be the case of the 18th Amendment of 1919. The Act passed by those concerned with the above-mentioned problems‚ prohibited the vending
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The XXVIth Amendment The extended debate on lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 first started during World War II and escalated sharply during the Vietnam War. The phrase “old enough to fight‚ old enough to vote” is traced back to the WWII decision to lower the draft age to 18‚ meaning the majority of those drafted lacked the right to vote. The issue became even more heated during the Vietnam War‚ when large numbers of men were being drafted and sent to Vietnam without
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IV Amendment The Constitution‚ through the Fourth Amendment‚ protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. The Fourth Amendment‚ however‚ is not a guarantee against all searches and seizures‚ but only those that are deemed unreasonable under the law. Whether a particular type of search is considered reasonable in the eyes of the law‚ is determined by balancing two important interests. On one side of the scale is the intrusion on an individual’s Fourth Amendment rights
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lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles of the state and spells out the fundamental rights of citizens. Passed by the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh on November 4‚ 1972‚ it came into effect from December 16‚ 1972‚ on the first anniversary of Bangladesh’s victory over Pakistan in the Liberation War. The constitution proclaims nationalism‚ democracy‚ socialism and secularity as the fundamental principles of the Bangladeshi republic. When adopted in 1972‚ it was one of the
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