In my own opinion‚ I am glad that Heller won I strongly think he should have won. I support the Second Amendment very adamantly. I believe that D.C did not have the right to tell Heller he could not have a permit‚ it goes against the constitution to tell a person that the rights that our Fore-Fathers gave us no longer applies to our lives and that they have to give up their right to bear arms. A person should be allowed to have the right to keep and bear arms to be able to protect and support
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of protesting‚ petitioning and parading‚ the 19th amendment was finally added to the constitution on June 18th‚ 1920‚ officially granting women the right to vote. Then‚ in 1922‚ a group of men in Maryland once again tried to take away our rights‚ suing the state for allowing women to vote (ie. Leser vs. Garnett). They were unanimously overruled in Supreme Court‚ and no effort to take our rights has been made since. (3) Though all of the amendments are important in protecting our rights and freedom
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Maddy Lewis Top 5 Amendments 1. Amendment 9 – Unumerated rights. This amendment states that just because a right is not mentioned in the constitution does not mean that the right doesn’t exist. This amendment is important because it protects our natural rights. It keeps in mind the nature of a federal government finding a way to corrupt the laws given by taking away other rights. 2. Amendment 10- Power to the states- All rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the states and
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people have begun to push the boundaries of the First Amendment rule while asking the
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and Nineteenth Amendments suggests both the restrictive and democratizing nature of Progressivism because it represented the idea of social order‚ and simultaneously represented the dominance that the government had over its people. The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the sale and making of alcohol‚ while the Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote. In the case of the Eighteenth Amendment‚ Prohibitionists who believed in banning alcohol led the movement for the amendment to pass. In workplaces
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The first amendment is a very important amendment to the five other amendments to the constitution. The five freedoms to the first amendment are freedom of Speech‚ freedom of Press‚ freedom of petition‚ freedom of Assembly‚ and the freedom of Religion. The two that are most important to me are freedom of Religion and freedom of speech. One of the 5 freedoms in the first amendment that are important to me is freedom of religion. I think people should get to have their own beliefs and worship who
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The second Amendment was ratified in 1791‚ so it’s been around for a long time. It actually has been around for 227 years. That’s why the second Amendment should stay and we should be guaranteed the rights of the second Amendment. The second Amendment of the U.S Constitution reads‚ “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.” The second Amendment is an Individual right. Individual rights are rights
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The second amendment was one of the original rights added to the constitution in the United States Constitution Bill of Rights. It was accepted into law in December 1791. The law 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 means that the people have the right to carry weapons and join in militias. The amendment was added as a compromise between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists
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Amendment I: Freedom of speech No law pass by congress will disallow freedom of speech or establishment of religion Amendment II: Right to bear arms Grants the right of gun ownership for purposes that include self defense Amendment III: Quartering Soldiers Soldiers cannot live in a citizen’s house without their permission during wartime and peacetime Amendment IV: Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures of homes and property and any search/arrest
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The Second Amendment is the most important and relevant amendment of the Constitution. The second amendment was established on December 15‚ 1791. If people didn’t have the right to bear arms‚ there would be no use for the other amendments. Such as; the Fourteenth Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment gives the people the rights of a citizen. Taking away gun rights messes with the rights of a citizen. Also‚ the Fifth Amendment states the rights of a person. So gun control is violating the Fifth Amendment
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