Out of all of the amendments I believe like most people the first ten amendments known as the bill of rights are by far the most important. The first 10 amendments state the rights of the people‚ also known as the general public. The bill of rights was written in 1791 by James Madison to protect the individual rights from the government. And out of these 10 amendments I would have to say that the first amendment is the most important. This is what made the United States of America different and gave
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The Second Amendment to the constitution which grants citizens the right to bear arms with vague restrictions has become a topic of conversation throughout the years. Many people use this amendment to justify their vile behaviors while in possession of a firearm. The founding fathers created the second amendment to guarantee citizens protection from dangerous events such as slave revolts and Native American uprisings. Today‚ many people twist the second amendment to fit their own agendas of owning
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The first amendment states that there can’t be any law made that takes away the peoples right of speak and posting press on topics. This amendment is the reason you are able to protest and speak your mind on any subject. There are many things that this amendment protects your natural rights with‚ but as always there has to be boundaries. These boundaries are needed because without them other peoples natural rights might be getting taken away. Some people may believe that anyone should be able to
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In my criminal justice classes‚ I learned that there are many amendments that protects citizens when they are arrested. After September 11‚ and the terrorist attacked‚ President Bush passed the Patriot Act. Many people were unhappy because it allows police officers and federal agents to invade our privacy. Many laws passed into effect and all the police departments started to share information with ICE‚ FBI and other federal agencies‚ nationwide and locally. Many people do not know their rights
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will not know their rights while attending elementary or high school‚ student’s constitutional rights do not disappear when they walk through the doors of any place of education. One right that is crucial to students‚ is the First Amendment. Under the First Amendment students have free speech and freedom of expression but many school administrators attempt to limit these rights. One example is Tinker vs Des Moines Independent Community School District. In 1969 students peacefully protested the Vietnam
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the United States stresses the importance of equality among its citizens. The U.S. constitution guarantees each and every American basic civil rights which in turn gives our country structure‚ function‚ and some power to the people. Every unique person will have rights they feel are more important to them than others depending on our views‚ attitudes‚ and ethics. A highly well-known right given to American’s is the freedom of speech which stems from the first amendment. This prohibits the government
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If taken literally‚ one can simply state the 2nd amendment in the bill of rights as their answer. There is indisputably no better way to protect something valuable to you than to obtain a weapon and fight for it; that is what America has been doing since its conception. However‚ in modern society‚ we cannot just do that‚ there are rules in place to prevent that‚ but those are exactly what allow us to establish and preserve the freedom of the American population in its entirety. Although people
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Constitution has twenty-seven amendments written in it‚ where every citizen must follow each amendment. An amendment is a change in a legal document made by changing‚ altering or omitting a specific term. If an amendment is to be written in the U.S Constitution‚ it first must be voted by at least two-thirds of Congress. This includes the Senate and House of Representatives
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Discussion 5 The Equal Rights Amendment The 14th Amendment to the Constitution states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are granted citizenship‚ which included slaves. Additionally‚ the 14th Amendment declares that states cannot deny any person “life‚ liberty or property‚ without due process of law” and that a state could not “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This amendment basically outlined who is a citizen of the United States
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The First Amendment-- the right to freedom of religion‚ speech‚ press‚ petition‚ and assembly-- was included in the Constitution because the Founding Fathers wished to make it clear‚ to the people then and to the people of the future‚ what specific rights citizens were to have. The Founding Fathers wanted to assure the people that their basic rights would not be violated. This was important to the framers of the Constitution because they wanted people to be able to express themselves and to have
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