The Equal Rights Amendment "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." In 1923‚ this statement was admitted to Congress under the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law. If the Era was passed‚ it would have made unconstitutional any laws that grant one sex different rights than the other
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Other Founders: A Study of the Origin of the Bill of Rights and the Antifederalist Contribution to Formulation‚ Development and Adoption What role did the Antifederalists have in the founding of America? It is a well-known theory that the Antifederalists contribution to the founding is the addition of the Bill of Rights. However‚ James Madison is often referred to as the father of the Bill of Rights and it is often argued that the Bill of Rights did not accomplish the goals of the Anti-Federalists
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The Equal Rights Amendment Essay What could be more important than the equality of rights for all American citizens? Women have tried without success for 80 years to be acknowledged as equals in our Constitution through an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Currently there is nothing in the United States Constitution that guarantees a woman the same rights as a man. The only equality women have with men is the right to vote. In order to protect women’s rights on the same level as men‚ I am in favor
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the U.S. Constitution. When creating a constitution for our nations‚ certain citizens wanted to guarantee that there would be a Bill of Rights included in it. These people were called the antifederalist‚ and they wanted a Bill of Rights to assure that their individual rights would not be taken out of their possession. One reason why the antifederalist wanted a Bill of Rights is because it would be able to limit the power of the government. They believed if they gave too much power to the federal government
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Justifying the Bill of Rights Professor Maria Toy‚ J.D. LEG107 The amendments to the United States Constitution play an important role in the history‚ politics and law of our country. When the Bill of Rights was originally proposed to the First Federal Congress in 1789 by James Madison‚ the intent was for the amendments to be integrated into the original text of the Constitution. As we now know‚ Madison’s idea did not prevail and Congress decided the first ten amendments and the subsequent
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The Bill of Rights has been fundamental in providing and ensuring American citizens rights and freedoms for hundreds of years. The Bill of Rights has survived for so long‚ because of adjustments and revisions‚ adapting these amendments to fit the people of the current time period. Only ten of the originally proposed twelve amendments were ratified and turned into what is known as the Bill of Rights. The first of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights‚ says that “Congress shall make no law respecting
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THE PREAMBLE AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS By 1787‚ Americans were dissatisfied with the current form of the United States government. The Articles of Confederation‚ although adequate when created‚ had some major draw backs. An elite group‚ known as the framers‚ assembled to form a more perfect union. The framers believed the United States needed a Constitution that would be for the common man. Over the summer of 1787 several committees met to create the preamble for the people. The most renowned committee
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Business and The Bill of Rights Cheryl Anderson BUS 220 Prof. T. Daniel. Browning Pima Community College March 5‚ 2013 “I plead the 5th!” That phrase is heard from the mouths of children as well as adults. It has become a cliché. Children learn early in life what the phrase means and how and when to use it. They use it as a tool to keep themselves out of trouble or to keep from having to tattle on a sibling or friend. As children advance in their education‚ they study American
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The bill of rights helped shape the way America is today. The bill of rights was the first ten amendments to the constitution‚ in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers they were added and we were given the rights we have today. The first amendment to the constitution is one of the most important amendments to the constitution. The first part of the constitution has to do with the freedom of religion. This freedom is greatly argued and constantly debated by many people I the untied
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