committee I must use my longstanding influence on this committee to navigate the amendments I support into law and prevent amendments that are not in the best interest of my constituency from becoming laws. I will implement strategy to stop 5 amendments submitted to this committee and support 5 additional amendments to be moved onto the Senate floor. Based on the preliminary votes of my other committee members 4 of the amendments on campaign finance reform‚ no confidence vote in national executive and legislative
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to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed." The Second Amendment has been under question ever since the Founding Fathers wrote it in 1791. Society today is trying to balance what the true intentions of the Founding Fathers were when they wrote the Bill of Rights and most importantly‚ the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment has been the backbone for many arguments and laws that have been upheld in previous Supreme Court cases. Also‚ there
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The thirteenth amendment states‚ “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except under crime‚ where the subject will be convicted‚ shall exist within the United States‚ unless under punishment of crime.”. This means‚ the United States abolished slavery and people forcing a person to act against their will. Congress also has the power to enforce this amendment. After this amendment was passed slavery was made illegal and the constitution was changed. The first way you amend the constitution‚
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The First Amendment "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 petition the government for a redress of grievances." -- Amendment One‚ Bill of Rights‚ United States Constitution Perhaps the most well known of all the amendments to the Constitution‚ the First Amendment contains many of the fundamental freedoms that American
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The Second Amendment to the Constitution says‚ “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” (Agresti‚ 2009‚ para. 2). Based on a simple reading of this‚ it would seem that people do have the right to own and use firearms. So why are so many people trying to ban guns? Maybe it is because they do not understand what the Second Amendment actually means. Maybe it is because the media only reports
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An influential government philosopher John Locke once stated‚ “Government has no other end ‚ but the preservation of property.” The 4th amendment has an important part of protecting essential values. 4th amendment allows people to be secured in persons‚ houses‚ ext.Unless an issued search warrant ‚probable cause or reasonable suspicion. For instance a precedent is Katz v Ohio this shows that the government can go too far with their search and seizure procedure.Today there are many cases in which
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Death Penalty and The Eighth Amendment The expression "an eye for an eye‚ a tooth for a tooth" has taken on a whole new meaning. Lately‚ murderers have been getting a punishment equal to their crime‚ death. In 1967‚ executions in the United States were temporarily suspended to give the federal appellate courts time to decide whether or not the death penalty was unconstitutional. Then‚ in 1972‚ the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of "Furman versus Georgia" that the death penalty
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The 14th Amendment states that no state can make/ enforce any law which it takes away privileges or immunities from a person that is a citizen of the United States or that was born in the United States. The 14th Amendment has been used in an awful way for the past five years by the certified peace officers of other communities. An example of this is the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. He was brutally murdered by a peace officer Stanford‚ Florida because of something that was portrayed as something
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Fourth Amendment Debate is this tantalizing? The government official does not have the right to go on the man’s property without a warrant. In 4th Amendment‚ it specifically says “ The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue” it means that a government official can not go on your property‚ car or phone without probable cause. According to the second video
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by the Thirteenth Amendment but had left the South in complete ruins‚ and with four million newly freed slaves that were homeless‚ jobless‚ and illiterate. Reconstruction was then introduced to reunite the South with the Union and assist the newly freed slaves with adjusting to a new society while also protecting them like the citizens they had become. The Reconstruction had successfully rebuilt the damaged cities and transportation of the South‚ but failed to do anything about the racial injustice
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