The First Amendment : The Ratification Of The Second Amendment

hurdle for the ratification of the constitution. For more than four years, there was much debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The Federalists argued that the Constitution did not need to include a Bill of individual rights and the Anti-Federalists refused to agree to the ratification unless all citizen’s rights were protected within the document. In the aftermath of the American Revolution, many of the founding fathers were reluctant to agree on the ratification of the constitution

(which takes a two-thirds majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives), or a constitutional convention (which takes two-thirds of the State legislatures) want to propose an amendment, they give it to the National Archives and Records Administration. The Congress proposes the amendment as a joint resolution to the National Archives and Records Administrations Office of the Federal Register for the publication process. The Office of the Federal Register adds legislative notes to

the big decisions to men. Though the Nineteenth Amendment was passed nearly a decade ago, it continues to gain more and more relevance in modern society. The passage of the 19th Amendment was a catalyst in the fight for equal rights. While the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention in 1848 is often credited as the beginning of the women’s suffrage movement, some argue that its origins were actually a decade earlier (Judson. 1999) In 1837, the first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women was held

Anti-Federalist concerns raised during the ratification process lead to the creation of the Bill of Rights. Without everyone on his side, Madison could not ratify the constitution. So in order to gain support from the Anti-Federalists he promised them that he would enact a Bill of Rights that would eventually give them their freedom. Anti-Federalists, thought that the Constitution sided for power more than liberty and they opposed its ratification. Most support for Anti-Federalism was found in rural

States agreed with the Nineteenth Amendment being passed. Two months after the Federal Government declared that the Amendment had been incorporated to the Constitution in August of 1920, Oscar Lesser “sued to stop two women [Cecilia Street Waters and Mary D. Randolph] to vote in Baltimore, Maryland. Lesser “believed the Maryland Constitution limited the suffrage to men”. He said that Maryland had refused to vote regarding the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, and should not be subject to its

obstacle facing the delegates, but also the ratification as well as revisions of the Constitution, the latter displayed as Amendments. The entire processes regarding the Constitution required much cooperation between delegates as well as citizens from the states. James Madison acted as one of the main contributors to the information presented

acceptation of ten laws in which the government could “no law may conflict with the federal constitution.” (U.S. Constitution, Encyclopedia of American Law and Criminal Justice, Revised Edition) The process that takes place to change or add an amendment requires, the amendment to start with in the house of representative such as the senate or the congress. However only a total of twenty-seven

alcohol selling businesses, and high crime rates. Ultimately culminating with another amendment to the U.S. constitution, the 21st, which ended the prohibition on alcoholic beverages. The 21st amendment will not be heavily analyzed herein because the focus is on the 18th amendment, although the 21st amendment may be discussed throughout since it essentially ends the story of the 18th amendment. The 18th amendment is the result of over two centuries of an anti alcohol sentiment in society known as

adoption of the Constitution depended on ratification, or approval, by 9 of the 13 states. In desperation, the Constitution’s supporters, the Federalists, looked to John Hancock, the governor of Massachusetts. In a dramatic speech, he urged the delegates to approve the Constitution as written. At the same time, he promised that the first task of the new Congress would be to amend the Constitution by adding a bill of rights. 2. Creating the Bill of Rights In the first presidential election, held in 1789

Madison, the Second Amendment is one that most passionate Americans today are very quick to defend or argue against. The Second Amendment is one of the most controversial and complex amendments in the Bill of Rights. One of those debates includes the actual meaning behind James Madison’s contradictory sentence. The question that often rises is was the Second Amendment created for the protection of the all people or solely for the establishment of a centralized military. The Second Amendment has undergone