The Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution was signed into law on September 25‚ 1789 and ratified December 15‚ 1791 (Benjamin Franklin‚ 2011). The Fifth Amendment establishes rights that can be applied to both criminal and civil sectors of law. The most used protections of the Fifth Amendment are the right to a grand jury‚ the protection against double jeopardy‚ the protection against self-incrimination‚ the protection against testifying against yourself‚ and you can’t be deprived of life‚ liberty
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tie‚ with the decision coming down to Representative Harry T. Burn‚ a Republican. Although he opposed the 19th Amendment‚ his mother swayed him by writing to him‚ reportedly saying‚ "Don’t forget to be a good boy and help Mrs. Catt put the ’rat’ in ratification." And thus‚ with Burn’s deciding vote‚ the 19th Amendment was ratified. Some effects and reactions of the 19th Amendment were good‚ such as the significant changes made for women in education‚ politics‚ home‚ and work‚ but some were
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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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The Second Amendment: In History and Today The Second Amendment is a controversial topic today‚ just as it was in 1787. There are so many different interpretations on what the congress meant when originally adopting this Amendment in the first place. Through the Second Amendment‚ this paper looks at the intent of the writers of The Constitution and the impact of this particular Amendment today. By looking at The Articles of Confederation‚ The Constitution‚ and current
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The Era is an amendment that is connected to the 1848 women’s suffrage movement in which they were trying to fight for equal rights. The Era is meant it help them achieve their dream of gender equality by specifically stating in the constitution that all women have equal rights under the U.S constitution. In relation to the 14th amendment the Era addresses the issue of equality but unlike the 14th amendment it specifically addresses the inequality between both genders. I am in favor of the Era because
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The First Amendment is all about your rights and how these are used in the world today. The "clear and present danger" test is a basic principle for deciding the limits of free speech. It was set by the famous Schenck v. the United States case from World War I. Anti War activist Charles Schenck was arrested for sending leaflets to prospective army draftees encouraging them to ignore their draft notices. The United States claimed that Schenck threatened national security‚ and the justices agreed.
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America would be much different if the Bill of Rights was not in the Constitution to protect the rights of the citizens. Amendment nine gives a lot of rights to the citizens in the Bill of Rights. The ninth amendment protects the rights of the citizens that are not listed in the Constitution and in the Bill of Rights. The ninth amendment in the Bill of Rights says‚ "The enumeration in the Constitution‚ of certain rights‚ shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
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to today’s times include: mouthwash‚ cosmetics‚ cleaning products‚ and personal hygiene products. In the year 1919‚ the United States created the 18th Amendment (Prohibition). The prohibition was an amendment that prohibited the production‚ transportation‚ and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In the year of 1933‚ the 18th Amendment was repealed‚ or removed‚ and the production‚ transportation‚ and sale of alcoholic beverages was made legal again. The United States repealed the Prohibition
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The 8th Amendment talks about freedom of speech and freedom of living life. It is not true for everyone to live his/her life by his/her choice. When one ask someone‚ he/she will tell that they are in favor of equal rights for homosexuals. They will all say that gay should have the same rights in housing‚ jobs‚ and public accommodations and they should have equal access to government benefits and equal protection of the law. When someone ask them about gay marriage‚ all this talk of equality stops
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the existence of the United States Constitution the have been many additions of new amendments to it. While most of them have succeeded the process and entered the Constitution‚ there are a few that failed to do so. Thomas Corwin‚ an Ohio Representative‚ proposed the Slavery Amendment‚ otherwise known as the Corwin Amendment. This amendment failed however‚ as only two states had ratified it.º The Corwin Amendment was proposed in 1960 when the Southern United States started to secede from the nation
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