Currently we have 27 Amendments to the United States Constitution and the choice of this author had to be the First amendment. Though the selection officially was “Freedom of the Press,” that constitutional guarantee is technically conjoined with its ‘brother’ amendment and that is the “Freedom of Speech.” You really cannot have one without the other. Ying-yang, these civil liberties were so significant to the Founding Fathers that they made sure to place them in the very first documented privileges
fourth amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights, and was introduced to Congress by James Madison in 1789. The role of the Fourth Amendment is to prohibit unreasonable search and seizure and a warrant is to be required that is supported by probable cause. Even though the Amendment was introduced in 1789, it wasn’t adopted as an official amendment until 1792, because in December of 1791 three quarters of the states had ratified the amendment. The fourth amendment had
stated our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. Like President Reagan, I am also pro-life meaning I think abortion should be outlawed. There are many downsides to having an abortion. One of these is abortion defies the constitution. It causes many problems for men and women later in life as well. Finally, abortion is also the killing of an innocent baby. To begin with, abortion goes against the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment states that you can’t deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without
uniform and decide to require a school dress code instead. The pros and cons of a school uniform are very controversial. Deciding whether a school uniform should be implemented is not a black and white issue. Arguments to support school uniforms state that school uniforms create an altogether better environment for students. This better environment in turn, creates more learning and a greater sense of focus from students. Some
America involved anything having to do with state, people, and property. Hangings were generally the most common type of execution in colonial times and these hangings were held in public places for all to see(PURPLE). In the year 1791, the 8th amendment was written stating that “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines
commit suicide over it. Censorship takes away our rights as individuals. It violates the First Amendment, keeps people from learning, and gives the government total control. Censorship violates the First Amendment. In the article entitled “ Censorship in the Schools “, the author states, “ we believe the library media center is protected from censorship by the bill of rights specifically, by the First Amendment, which guards freedom of expression “. This takes away people’s freedom because with having
can not have guns from obtaining them. If they want guns, somehow, someway, they will get guns (Pro-Con). Why Gun control Could give the Government too Much Power Many people also fear that gun control will give too much power to the government. This is one of the main reasons for the second amendment. Wayne LaPierre from the NRA stated “If you look at why our founding fathers put the second amendment there, they had lived under the tyranny of King George and they wanted to make sure that these
short of God could destroy it. And although some of us have complaints with what the government is doing, most of us believe that our voices are heard loud and clear, if only we would be caring enough to say anything. Yet I believe there are pros and cons to our "democracy", that although there is representation, powers that we cannot control keep it from being what some would call total democracy. And to its credit, it might not even be a bad thing to keep it the way it is. Within this essay
“How can the “Dream” survive if we murder children? Every aborted baby is like a slave in the womb of his or her mother. The mother decides his or her fate” (Martin Luther King, Jr). This quote, by Martin Luther King Jr, represents how Martin Luther King Jr really feels about abortions, and how abortions relate back to the idea of slavery. As abortions are spreading all across the world many people have wondered if there are any positives to abortions? If there are not any positives to abortion
planned murder, intentionally killed below the age of 13, killed someone while serving term in prison, killed a law officer, and killed someone or illegally terminated a person’s pregnancy while in the process of committing, trying to commit or escaping after the act of rape, kidnapping, aggravated arson, arson, robbery, aggravated robbery, burglary, aggravated burglary, terrorism, or trespass. The death penalty is balanced between pros and cons, where it