BILL OF RIGHTS: 1ST AMENDMENT The Bill of Rights : it is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These limitations serve to protect the rights of liberty and property. They guarantee a number of personal freedoms‚ limit the government’s power in judicial and other proceedings‚ and reserve some powers to the states and the public. The First Amendment (Amendment I) : Originally‚ the First Amendment applied only to laws enacted by the Congress. However
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The Bill of Rights The First 10 Amendments • By Keana Roby‚ James Jamison‚ Amber Fealy‚ & Paige Evans. 1st Amendment • The 1st Amendment guarantees freedom of religion‚ speech‚ the press‚ assembly‚ and petition. • This means that we have the right to – • Practice any religion desired • Speak freely • Assemble (such as social gatherings/meetings) • Petition (address the government‚ hold protests‚ etc. • Press (to publish newspapers‚ TV‚ radio‚ Internet 2nd Amendment • The 2nd
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Bill of Rights A brief history on how the Bill of Rights came forth. Back in the late 1700’s‚ several states were called for a constitution to protect individual’s rights from the government. Through these calls‚ James Madison came forth and put together the Amendments‚ which was later signed in 1791(1). What started off as 17 Amendments was trimmed down to 10 main one’s which is where we stand now with the Bill of Rights. There are several key Amendments that tie into criminal law. Those amendments
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Bill of Rights A democracy must ensure that individuals have certain rights and that the government will always recognize these rights. Therefore it is often a practice in most democratic countries to list the rights of the citizens in the constitution itself. Such a list of rights mentioned and protected by the constitution is called the ‘bills of rights. A bill of rights prohibits government from thus acting against the rights of the individuals and ensures a remedy in case there is violation
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In the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence‚ the authors describe the people who are allowed to rule. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the Constitution‚ which is the law of the land in the United States. The Declaration of Independence is the document that the U.S. sent to Great Britain to declare their independence from them. The problem with these two documents is that they were written by and for the rich people of the time and hasn’t really evolved with time to
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the inclusion of a Bill of Rights within society. A Bill of Rights has never been a part of Australia although some say it would help to protect basic human rights from political interference and in some regard enhance the democratic nature of Australia. The bill has never been wanted or needed within Australia. It does not improve or guarantee anything but instead transfers power to unelected judges who already have a heavy influence within the legal system. A Bill of rights is difficult to achieve
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A Bill of rights would bring Australia in line with every other western liberal democracy (State Library of NSW 2005‚ p.9). Currently‚ Australia stands alone by not having a Bill of Rights and there is a perception that because of that‚ the system of government does not adequately protect human rights‚ which in turn leads to the risk of individual rights being infringed (Feena‚ Robbins & Summers 2014‚ p. 26). Other countries that have a Bill of Rights expressed in their constitutions include Canada
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groups‚ the Bill of Rights was formed and then put into place. This all played a huge role in forming our country’s government. First off‚ I want to introduce the Federalists. They were people who supported a strong central government and who strongly supported the constitution. They believed that with a strong central government‚ the nation would be more organized and controllable. One of the main members of the federalist group was James Madison. He was ironically the one to propose the Bill of Rights
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Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC G.R. No. L-45987 May 5‚ 1939 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES‚ plaintiff-appellee‚ vs. CAYAT‚ defendant-appellant. Sinai Hamada y Cariño for appellant. Office of the Solicitor-General Tuason for appellee. MORAN‚ J.: Prosecuted for violation of Act No. 1639 (secs. 2 and 3)‚ the accused‚ Cayat‚ a native of Baguio‚ Benguet‚ Mountain Province‚ was sentenced by the justice of the peace court of Baguio to pay a fine
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Freedom of expression is guaranteed in the most important document in American history‚ the Bill of Rights. Peaceful protesting uses this right and is the most effective method of bringing about change. Peaceful protest‚ on balance‚ have done more good than bad for society. To assess the benefits that nonviolent protests can have‚ we can look to the age old example of Martin Luther King‚ as well as with the more modern example of the North Dakota Pipeline protest. Dr. Martin Luther King‚ following
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