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    Why is the IV Amendment Important? When crossing the Arizona California state border‚ there might be a policeman searching your car for illegal substances. This is illegal‚ “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‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized

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    7) Facebook and sexual offenders The First Amendment protects the right of citizens to their freedom of speech. There are ways that those freedoms can be taken away. Limitations to this law can be at the work place‚ when something obscene is said‚ threats and many others. One way your rights can be limited is when you are convicted as a felon. You often loose many of the rights as a felon‚ including the right of the second amendment to own a gun. Lester Packingham was convicted as a sexual offender

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    U.S Constitution Essay Period 5/6 12/12/12 The freedom contain within the first amendment is the most important to me is the second P in RAPPS‚ which means R is for religious‚ A is for assemble‚ P is for press‚ P is for petition‚ and S is for speech. I say petition because it includes you and what you think. So do the other ones but a petition is for you. To create a more perfect union means to create a nation in which all the states work together. But with that it’s five more important things

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    It seems hard to pick a favorite amendment out of the first ten. Most of the amendments support each other and work together. While all of the amendments are important‚ the one I feel is the most important of all is our 5th amendment right. Freedom of speech‚ religion‚ and our right to bear arms is a wonderful thing. But sometimes things do not quite work out the way we would like‚ and we find ourselves on the other side of the law‚ namely the wrong side. While is it true that when you are arrested

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    The Second Amendment; Should we Keep it or Loose it? The Second Amendment has been mentioned quite frequently in the Presidential election. There are candidates who support and do not support the Second Amendment. Some politicians believe that the Second Amendment only applies to militias and not private citizens. 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.” As

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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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    There are five parts to the 1st Amendment they are: Freedom of Speech‚ Freedom of Religion‚ Freedom of Petition‚ Freedom of Assembly‚ and Freedom of Press. Freedom of Speech allows individuals or communities to express their opinions without punishment‚ censorship‚ agreement or approval within certain limitations as long as it does not cause harm. Freedom of Speech also may also include symbolically expressing your opinion by wearing certain clothing‚ holding signs‚ and burning the flag. Freedom

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    Does the first Amendment affect your livelihood? Hmmm...I’m not sure...Is water wet? Is the grass green? Do skittles come in different colors? Do we even really need to ask? Of course it does....The first Amendment is important for a lot of reasons‚ one being that it allows us to show our individuality and uniqueness. If we weren’t allowed to express ourselves‚ be it in writing dancing‚ comedy‚ and many other ways‚ then our individuality and uniqueness would never be seen. We might as well be mindless

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    Amendment Essay By: Christina Ramler Neil Gaiman once said‚ “The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed the freedom of speech. Other countries don’t have that.” At the time of the amendments’ creation‚ a vast majority of operating countries had not yet granted their people such freedoms. Granting every citizen of the United States this right seemed to have been an important landmark in this nation’s history. Along with others‚ this right is declared

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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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