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    I think school should started later because kids need a full sleep. I think if school started later kids would learn better and not sleep in class. A later school start time has a positive effect on students’ grades. A later start gives students a longer attention span and a better morning.Schools should make sure their students are well rested and ready for a long day of learning. School should start later in the morning so students can get a full recommended nine and a half hours of sleep. When

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    First Amendment

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    Amendment One The Constitution of the United States is an outline of the national government of the United Stated of America. It was written in 1787. Fifty-five men were there. They are known as the “Founding Fathers” or “Framers of the Constitution.” The Constitution of the United States was approved on June 21‚ 1788. The Constitution of the United States divides the government into three branches. First the Legislative branch‚ then the Judicial branch‚ last the Executive branch. The Constitution

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    27 Amendments

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    Reyes 27 Amendments 1st Amendment- People have freedom of religion‚ freedom of speech‚ freedom of the press‚ freedom of assembly‚ and the right to petition the Government. 2nd Amendment- protects the right to own guns. 3rd Amendment- guarantees that the army cannot force homeowners to give them room and board. 4th Amendment- protects the people from the government improperly taking property‚ papers‚ or people‚ without a valid warrant based on probable cause. 5th Amendment- protects people

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    13th amendment

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    13TH AMENDMENT The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude‚ except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8‚ 1864‚ by the House on January 31‚ 1865‚ and adopted on December 6‚ 1865. On December 18‚ 1865‚ Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed its adoption. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War. Slavery had been tacitly protected in the original

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    The Eighth Amendment

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    changes but were never altered. Out of these ten amendments the eighth amendment has been upheld since it was created. The eighth amendment states‚ “Excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” This means that when a person is arrested and being accused of a crime‚ the court are not allowed to set an unreasonable bail and are not allowed to impose harsh punishments. This amendment has been upheld throughout the years in social‚

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    school. School needs to be an hour later because most teens don’t get enough sleep at night so when they wake up for school there tired all day. Studies have showed that sleep is a necessity for teens and most have homework‚ sports‚ and after school activities if they’re going to bed late and waking up early there going to be tired and get bad grades in their classes. The majority of Students stay up late even on school nights‚ if students had a hour later to get ready they wouldn’t be as

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    Amendments to the United States Constitution Someone University of XXXXX HIS/301 February 16‚ 2013 Amendments to the United States Constitution The Declaration of Independence was the creation of the Second Continental Congress. Before adjourning the first Continental Congress in October 1774‚ the delegates of that Congress agreed to reconvene the following May if the Parliament of Great Britain failed to address their grievances. Following the condemnation of Massachusetts and Suffolk

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    The 26th Amendment

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    Eng 1 Eng � PAGE �4� Eng 3 The Twenty-sixth Amendment The Twenty-sixth Amendment was proposed March 23‚ 1971‚ to lower the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen. It was decisively authorized on July 1‚ 1971. The official amendment is‚ "Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States‚ who are eighteen years of age or older‚ to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate

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    15th amendment

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    The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to votebased on that citizen’s "race‚ color‚ or previous condition of servitude". It was ratified on February 3‚ 1870‚ as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments.In the final years of the American Civil War and theReconstruction Era that followed‚ Congress repeatedly debated the rights of the millions of black former slaves. By 1869‚ amendments had

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    The Second Amendment Most people would link violence and crime problems with gun control in America. The debate that Americans face today is the freedom the Second Amendment gives citizens and whether or not the country should repeal it. While some people feel that repealing it should solve the problem‚ others believe that it is one of the most important basic freedoms we have as Americans. Federal gun control laws are unconstitutional‚ and I believe the Second Amendment is both an individual

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