What is more important to the citizens of America? The right to their privacy and doing what they want as they wish, in private? Or are they okay with the government surveilling every living thing that they do? Through loopholes in the Patriot Act, the government misuses their power by spying on millions of innocent Americans. The people do have rights within the fourth Amendment though. Simplified, it states that Americans have the right to privacy unless there is probable cause. (Kids n.d.) Where do we as Americans draw the line?…
One of the most highly debated amendments of the United States Constitution is the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment has been disputed for hundreds of years on exactly of its exact true meaning. The United States Constitution wrote the Second Amendment as “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."…
Before we knew it as the United States Constitution, we all knew it as the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was just too weak as in: each state had one vote in Congress, there was no executive branch to enforce laws passed by Congress, there was no national court system, and etc… Before it could be ratified there was great concern between the delegates that were present at the convention. The main concern they had was the type of legislature. The representatives of larger states wanted the seats in the legislature to be determined by the size of the state. The representatives from the smaller states wanted to have equal representation in Congress. They negotiated on this situation by allowing a bicameral legislature,…
The Court found that like traditional communications, a warrant based on probable cause is necessary to obtain e-mail communications from a service provider. Additionally, the court found provisions of the Stored Communications Act to be unconstitutional and in violation of citizens’ Fourth Amendment right to privacy, specifically because it allows for the obtaining of stored e-mail communications from a service provider without a warrant. Unfortunately for Mr. Warshak, the unconstitutionality of the SCA was not enough to overturn his…
We can consider United States as new born nation and, United States are proud to have one of the oldest and strongest written constitutions in the world. The idea of new constitution awaken many colonial countries and political system that are running by monarchy system. Whether other countries are following the right step or not, it is undisputable that the U.S. stable Constitution’s ideologies have led people to reconsider how to organize and rebuilt their government political structures.…
The year is 1776, American has just gained it’s independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence has been signed and the United States has experienced a rebirth. What is next for this great country? The Articles of Confederation came and went because it didn’t really work for the states. The great idea of having a constitution for ALL the states came up which also brought up many debates, disagreements, and arguments within the states. After having ratified the constitution arose more debate and heated arguments between the states. This brought curiosity whether the Great United of America would survive because they had just beat the world’s strongest country and they are arguing over how to run their country? Doesn’t look so good for America. Although there were people who knew that America would make it through and be more successful than ever.…
The National Security Agency has been collecting the phone records of all U.S. citizens—which numbers have called which other numbers, when, and for how long—in an enormous database. The government says this mass collection is OK because the database is “queried”—i.e., searched—only under court supervision. In theory, this two-tiered approach, with judicial scrutiny applied at the query stage rather than the collection stage, is defensible. But does the judiciary—in this case, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court—really examine the database queries?…
Does the 14th Amendment still protect everyone? Use evidence from Sean Bell article or any personal experience. 5 paragraph persuasive essay.…
The 14th Amendment stands up for the rights of the citizens. According to dictionary.com, it is an amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, defining citizenship and forbidding states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons. In my opinion when it comes to the 14th Amendment and Gault’s confinement to an Industrial School, his rights were violated. I do not believe he was given a fair chance from the time he was picked up from his parent’s house because they should have been notified immediately and he should have had access to counsel before speaking.…
Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is ___________ and I am a Federalist. As a Federalist I believe that with a stronger national government we will be able to get more things done. The government is in a state of near anarchy. The Articles as they are do not have the strength that is needed to establish a new and powerful country. I want the country to be united, I fear that if the Constitution is not ratified that America will break up into thirteen different nations.…
Why is gun control the supposed “cure” for crime? Why is there always this need to blame guns for people’s crimes? If this theory is correct, then the belief that pencils cause grammatical errors is also true; wait, that doesn’t sound right, does it? Now, all of a sudden when the “cure” is used in this light it becomes ridiculous. In fact, Americans have a constitutional right to own handguns, and stricter laws and licensing will not effectively save lives.…
How can a person live without having rights for themselves? We started off fighting for the rights we have today back in the slavery. I think to myself how the United States would be if the people didn’t fight for rights. The most important rights in my eyes are freedom of speech, right to bear arms, a person shall be held under a fair trial of peers. Freedom of speech is very important because I feel like people should be able to say whatever is on their mind and not be ridiculed. For example a teacher at Kenwood academy was suspended for speaking his mind on the internet via YouTube. He was speaking on religious things which should have not been a problem. He is now fired from his job and probably will have a problem finding another.…
Did you know you have freedoms that not all people in other places have, and you can do what you want without worrying? Freedoms are special, that not all people in the world have. Veterans died for the freedom we have, a lot of people in the world don’t even know how lucky they are to have freedom, and freedom of speech allows the people in the U.S.A. to say what they want without worrying. You enjoy freedoms everyday without even knowing that you are using them.…
On December 14, 2012 20 year old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and 6 adult staff members from Sandy Hook Elementary School. Shooting like this are what bring people to the attention of gun laws. More gun laws does not make sense that we have more laws about guns. It will not change the way people behave with guns. All people will not change with laws like chameleons color with their mood. It's not gun laws that need to change but people need to change.…
Approximately 30,000 people die a year because of guns when they are used in both self defense and murder. Many people argue whether restrictions on guns should be enacted or repealed. Tensions have grown high on both sides of the issue making it a hot topic in our country today. Many people cast their votes in the last election based on their feelings about this very issue. The divide among Americans when it comes to gun control is large, spanning from those who want strict regulation, including an outright ban on all firearms, to those who want complete legalization of individual gun ownership. Guns can be used for killing or protection, so it is important to examine all…