with amendment proposals. In the U.S. Congress‚ both the House of Representatives and the Senate approve by a 2/3 supermajority vote. Amendments that are approved do not require the signature of the President and are sent directly to the states for ratification. There are two methods in ratifying amendments to the constitution. One is ¾ of the state legislatures must approve of the amendment proposed by congress. While the other method requires that ¾ of the states must approve the amendment via ratifying
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The Second Amendment: Hindrance or Help to Gun Control Amanda Mathew 10062963 POLS 110B-002 Professor Kim Richard Nossal Steven Rendulic 18 March 2013 Word Count: 2408 In light of the recent tragedies in Aurora‚ Colorado and Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ which involved gun violence and resulted in deaths of many people‚ gun control has been on the forefront of political debates in the United States. Many of these debates call to the Second Amendment as either being a hindrance to the implementation
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First Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights‚ which is in the United States Constitution. The First Amendment basically states that the government may not interfere with our freedom of speech and the press‚ the right to a peaceful assembly‚ and the right to petition the government for redress of grievances (Bond and Smith‚ Pg. 132). With this Amendment it gives and protects our vocals as individuals and as a nation‚ so is there any backlash this brings? What good comes from this? Many pros easily
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of Abortion Funds‚ n.d.). The Hyde amendment was introduced in 1976‚ when this statistic was upsetting many taxpayers because the assumption is the poverty level women are using abortion as birth control‚ using tax dollars to abort. To take steps to initiate change in a policy‚ like Hyde‚ the Center For Reproductive Rights (n.d.) recommendations include: joining groups and states nationally to help overturn the amendment keeping all members of
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controversial and debated; the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment was established on December 15‚ 1791 with nine other to the United States’ Constitution. It was proposed by James Madison soon after the Constitution was ratified in sought of more power to the state militias. (Brooks). This Amendment also served an important factor between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. It was a form of compromise between the two groups as to who should have more power. The Amendment states‚ “ A well regulated
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The constitution was created on September17th in 1817. The constitution has only been amended only 17 times since its creation. A constitution amendment can be proposed by a majority vote in The House of Representatives and The Senate. This process begins when a member of congress introduces a bill to amend the constitution. The proposal is debated and pondered on by the different committees. Public hearings are help so that the public can express their opinions and concerns. If the proposal is approved
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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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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 life endangerment to the mother
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The Second Amendment states‚ “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 caused many debates throughout the years due to the different ways in which it could be interpreted. Most federal appeals courts have said that‚ when read as a whole‚ this amendment protects only the rights of the militia to bear arms. However‚ on a decision made on March 8‚ 2007‚ the majority focused on the
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Debate of the Second Amendment The United States is the only one country that allows people to keep and bear arms. Because they have the second amendment‚ “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”(Bill of Right) But this law causes a lot of controversy‚ some people think keep and bear arms is the majority reason lead to rise of violent crime. Through good and evil repute‚ the second amendment is protect
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