28th Amendment Pros And Cons

On September 17, 1787 framers in Philadelphia signed “The Constitution of the United States in which it was approved on June 21, 1788 by the ninth state. Once confirmed, along with the addition to the Bill of Rights it developed a mutual standard by which Americans determined the responsibilities and limits of their government. Looking to the Constitution to decide political discrepancies has helped to substitute and preserve a general agreement among people that are otherwise diverse. The Constitution, although two centuries of complications and trials of the American experiment in self-government, is a testament to the cleverness and anticipation of its framers.

The past 27 amendments have been the thread for America’s guide toward living life as a successful American. These amendments have fostered growth and justice for the past two-hundred years; however times are evolving which is means for new procedures. While observing the 2016 elections, I believe there are grounds for creating the 28th Amendment. The 28th amendment shall state that those running for any political office shall not be allowed to continue candidacy if examples of hate or malicious intent are present during campaigning. This year’s forum has been a very frustrating and disgraceful example of what America is not. The name calling and spiteful comments have made something that was once politically prestigious event to something that is merely a publicity stunt. It is plausible that one may get out of line sometimes and may lose sight of what is important, however this entire race has gone too far. It is unacceptable that some candidates are allowed a platform as big as the Presidential race to blatantly express their hate toward immigrants, other candidates, and even the wives of candidates. America is letting what most considered a joke turn into a reality. Unqualified candidates are turning into party nominees and

The Constitution has been operative since 1789 after the ratification of nine states (American Vision and Values, Page 52). Today many question the relevancy of a document 222 years old to our society. The Founders created a governmental framework, defining three branches and giving powers to the government and others to the states. It also guarantees the rights of the people. It took two and one-half years for the 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution. This ratification period was one of great debate and produced a series of essays complied into The Federalist. Authored by John Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay during the ratification debate in New York, they tried to get public support for the Constitution. Thus began the first

As our nation’s history has shown we have made mistakes in our past and been forced to learn from those mistakes. We have taken certain ideas and beaten them to death at times. The members of the constitutional convention of 1787 did the same thing as they were trying to decide what should be written in the constitution and how the government should be structured. Many plans were presented and rejected as the members argued until finally a great compromise was made and the structure our government for finally started to take shape.

The Constitution is the framework of America’s government as well as the supreme law of the United States. It was written and signed during the Philadelphia Convention on September 17, 1787. In the Constitution there are various amendments that outline the powers and duties of the government, the state’s rights, and the rights of the people, and the process of amending and ratifying the document (Sidlow, Henschen 26). Even though there have been new laws issued by the government, they have failed to be successfully passed as an amendment. Proposing and ratifying an amendment is not an easy or short process. The difficulty of amending the Constitution is due to the various steps before the ratification of an amendment.

The 24 Amendment allows citizens to vote in federal elections regardless to them paying poll taxes or any other taxes. This amendment also allows congress to invoke this article at any time if necessary, as long as they have approval from the Senate.

The Eighth Amendment is a wonderful thing, No cruel and unusual punishment, (written to spite Britain’s king) But where does the amendment stand in the world today? Proud and strong, or thrown in the hay? To answer this we can’t just look at one place,

In the Bill of rights it talks about the 1st amendment. The 1st amendment says “...or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” which means that we have the right to say what we want and we don’t have to talk to the press. This impacts our lives today by not being limited on what we can or can't say. The 3rd amendment says that no soldier can come into our homes without our approval. This impacts U.S. today by giving us more freedom and privacy. In the 8th amendment it talks about how “ Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted”. What that is saying is high amounts of bail aren’t aloud, if it's over a certain amount you can’t

The hysteria over the Las Vegas shooting has prompted people to seek for stricter gun control. Michael Moore has taken the initiative and proposed the twenty-eighth amendment, with the intention to make it more difficult for people to access and misuse guns. This amendment will pose a hindrance on the state of Arizona, if it passes, because people will no longer be able to use guns in times of needs, they run the risk of not being well equipped if the government decides to take over and they will be to stripped of their right to bear arms.

In this essay, I propose to amend the Constitution to modify the second amendment with: A well regulated State National Guard is necessary to provide safety of a free country when needed, the rights of people who pass the background check, shall not be infringed.

Amendment twelve is the Election of the President and Vice President, this goes with the political stance. This amendment an change to the U.S. constitution approved in 1804, making ready for election of the head of government and bad tendency head of government by the having to do with selection of representatives college: should there be no greater number or part give support to for one person, the House of Representatives (one give support to per state) selects the head of government and the Senate the bad tendency head of government.

This article by the New York Times talked about the 26th Amendment, what fueled its ratifications, and the effect it had on society following it passing. The article starts out by setting up the background to before the amendment's ratification, showing how during the Vietnam War in the 1960s soldiers were being sent off to fight in a war but were still too young to vote. This bizarre fact stirred much dissent from the young population of the time, who went on to protest and push for this to be changed. The article then talks about through the protests, the proposal for this amendment quickly was passed, the fastest that any amendment has been ratified then or since. At the end of the article, however, the article shows that this amendment

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 articulated by the Constitution. For this presentation, primary focus and comparison is made to what will be the two most egregious and corrupt presidential scandals in this half-century, President Richard Nixon and President Donald Trump. On the

Amendment 70 is seeking to raise Colorado’s minimum wage, which is currently at $8.31 an hour, to $12.00 an hour by 2020. The first peak in minimum wage is to $9.30 in the year of 2017, and then increase it by $0.90 cents per year until 2020. There are multiple pros that follow with the passing with amendment 70, however there are multiple cons that trail the passing of this amendment.

The final two amendments to the United States Constitution, the 26th and 27th, are arguably two of the most interesting in terms of their ratification process. The 26th amendment, ratified on July 1, 1971, stated that the right of any U.S. citizen over the age of 18 could not be denied their right to vote, lowering the federal voting age from 21 to 18. In contrast, The 27th amendment, ratified on May 7, 1992, required that there shall be no change in the compensation of U.S. Senators or Representatives until an election has intervened. The 26th only took three months and eight days to be ratified following its submission to the states, making it the quickest to be ratified. The 27th was first proposed in 1789 as a part of the Bill of Rights, but it took over 202 years and seven months to be ratified, making it the longest time for an amendment to be ratified. Despite the differences in subject matter for each, there has been questions about why the 26th was ratified so quickly and why the 27th took so long. The 26th was likely ratified so quickly because many Americans believed that if they were able to get drafted into the army, they should have the right to vote. It represented a bigger issue in the U.S opposed to the 27th, and because of this it was ratified much more quickly.