LIST OF ALL AMENDMENTS 1st amendment June 18‚ 1951 To fully secure the constitutional validity of zamindari abolition laws. To place reasonable restriction on freedom of speech. A new constitutional device‚ called Schedule 9 introduced to protect laws that are contrary to the Constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights. These laws encroach upon property rights‚ freedom of speech and equality before law 2nd amendment May 1‚ 1953 A technical amendment to fix the size of each parliamentary
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Scholarly Commons 1989 The Fifth Amendment: If an Aid to the Guilty Defendant‚ an Impediment to the Innocent One Peter W. Tague Georgetown University Law Center‚ tague@law.georgetown.edu This paper can be downloaded free of charge from: http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/702 78 Geo. L.J. 1-70 (1989) This open-access article is brought to you by the Georgetown Law Library. Posted with permission of the author. ARTICLES The Fifth Amendment: If an Aid to the Guilty Defendant
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The Fourth Amendment addresses the right of the person to be secure in their person‚ house‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ and warrants as they relate to probable cause (2012). Specifically‚ the procedural rights of the fourth amendment require law enforcement to follow guidelines regarding the search and seizure of persons and property and address the steps for illegally obtained evidence. Searches‚ defined as the exploration or inspections of homes‚ offices
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The Eighteenth Amendment‚ or better known as the Prohibition Amendment‚ was the change to the Constitution that made the‚ "manufacture‚ sale‚ or transportation of intoxicating liquors within‚ the importation thereof into‚ or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purpose is hereby prohibited" (209). In other words‚ associating one ’s self with anything alcoholic‚ with the exception of medicinally‚ was illegal. This seemingly
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the formal amendment process The process for amending the Constitution is broken down into two parts. The first part begins with proposing an amendment. Proposals are made by a representative in either the house or the senate. To pass an amendment you need to have two-thirds of the members in both houses voting. Another way to pass an amendment is by two-thirds of the state legislatures asking Congress for a convention to propose amendments. Through the process‚ the formal amendment process must
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Gage Schuyler 18th amendment vs. the 21st amendment report The History of the 18th and 21st Amendment In the late 1800’s the 18th amendment was created. This began the prohibition era. This meant that the production‚ sell‚ and consumption of alcoholic products were illegal. This was a big problem for many people in the United States because a large percentage of these people drank alcohol. Following the 18th Amendment’s adoption‚ prohibition resulted in a public demand for illegal alcohol
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Madison created the Federalist Papers‚ if men were angels‚ no government would be necessary. This was the beginning of the first amendments to the Constitution called the Bill of Rights. Madison opposed the inclusion of a Bill of Rights in the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson became convinced that judges enforced rights are among the necessary against tyranny. The Eighth Amendment prohibits the infliction of “cruel and unusual punishment‚” but gives no example of permissible or impermissible punishment
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controversial and debated; the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment was established on December 15‚ 1791 with nine other to the United States’ Constitution. It was proposed by James Madison soon after the Constitution was ratified in sought of more power to the state militias. (Brooks). This Amendment also served an important factor between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. It was a form of compromise between the two groups as to who should have more power. The Amendment states‚ “ A well regulated
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14th and 15th amendments African Americans had almost no rights‚ and not to long before the 14th and 15 amendments were passed they were slaves. Even after the African American’s were freed they still had almost no rights‚ and in the south almost nobody recognized the few rights that African Americans did have. It was not until the 14th and 15th amendments were passed that African Americans started getting basic rights that all people should have. Before the 14th and 15ty amendments were passed African
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propelled by politics. The 5th amendments addition to the constitution in 1870‚ direct disenfranchisement was no longer permitted. Southern whites constructed alternative techniques in order to accomplish their goal— to silence black voices during elections. These methods included literacy test‚ electoral fraud (ballot stuffing)‚ poll taxes‚ the grandfather clause and violence. The Process of Reconstruction lasted from 1863 to 1877. In 1868 the addition of the 14th Amendment granted former slaves their
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