Rights amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment has struggled immensely to be enacted since its introduction to Congress in 1923. It is an amendment with a simple goal: give women equal rights. It seems like that would be easily passed, but there was a lot of opposition that heavily criticized and misconstrued the intentions of the amendment. The opponents’ rationale for their beliefs is very interesting, because their main arguments are simply not true. Using false information to misinform the public is unfortunately

right to vote when the 19th amendment got ratified in the year 1920. Before the 19th amendment, only 4 states gave women the right to vote. The western states gave women the right to vote so that more people could come to their states. The women suffrage was run by strong women. Two of the women were Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady. The women got the right to vote because they have been fighting for their rights since 1775, women were striking for their rights at their job to so that they can

From my perspective, one of the most important Amendments from Bills of Rights is The First Amendment, the first amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, the press and have the right to assemble and petition the government. The freedom of religion means that everyone has the rights to practice their personal believe whenever wherever they want. This also means when they decide to switch or change their religion they are allow to whenever they choose too, or people could choose to not have

Amendment One Freedoms The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments in the Constitution. The first amendment explains the basic rights freedoms. They consist of, freedom to religion, freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of a peaceful assembly, and freedom of a petition of grievances. The freedoms are very self explanatory. There are also many ways that they can be abused. In this essay, ways the freedoms can be misused will be portrayed. America is known for being a free country where

1101 08 October 2014 Gun Control The second amendment is “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”. The Second Amendment protects an individual 's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that weapon for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. In 1939 The Court adopted a collective rights approach in the case of United States v. Miller

second amendment, a now widely talked about topic. With recent issues in society, this amendment has become controversial. This amendment states “A well regulated militia, be necessary to the security of the free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” This amendment was ratified in 1791 and is in the original bill of rights. In colonial America, before its ratification, the right to bear arms was considered a necessary due to their believed nature right to protect

The 19th amendment states that the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. The 19th amendment was a significant turning point for many women in America. It gave women freedom that they didn’t have before. Before this amendment was passed many women had no self portrayal, something they couldn’t reach with a male figure ruling next to them. That was until 1920 when the 19th amendment was passed. The amendment let women

independence but the right of many to freely express themselves peacefully without intervention of any authority. Having freedom is like a bird having the ability to fly with the mindset that the founding fathers planted a seed that was watered by the happiness of the people and as outlined in the 1st Amendment, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to

Freedom is a basic human right. We use it in every aspect of our lives. With family and friends, we demonstrate our thoughts to each other about the world around us. Our privacy is shrinking because of a trade off with security. More Security means everyone will be safer but it is not necessary to subdue freedom because we are scared. The belief of freedom includes the choice of religion or absence of it if you choose to do so. The rights and choices we make can go as far as we please, if they do

the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights are important, two of the amendments that made a huge impact in United States history are the first and second amendments. These amendments not only shaped many events from 1790 - 1820, but continue to influence recent history, as well. The Bill of Rights was ratified December 15, 1791, with the first amendment giving us the freedom of speech, religion, and press, and the second amendment giving us the right to bear arms. Now the first amendment means the