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    The three amendments that are used to protect the rights of those accused of a crime include, the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment. “The Fourth Amendment in the Constitution, contains protection against unreasonable searches and seizures and protects people’s homes, property, and effects” (as cited in Peak, 2015, p. 180). “The Fifth Amendment in the Constitution, among other protections, guards against self-incrimination and double jeopardy” (as cited in Peak, 2015, p. 180). “The Sixth Amendment

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    In his 1852 speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”, Frederick Douglass passionately argued that to the slave and all other Americans, the Fourth of July is nothing more than a mockery of the grossest kind; that the United States stood by hypocrisy to the values they ultimately swore by. In his speech, Douglass made four clear points: (1) “This holiday is to rejoice for the sake of freedom and liberty”; (2) “My people have no freedom, have no liberty”; (3) “You rejoice, my people mourn”

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    Mapp v. Ohio was a very serious case that dealt with the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment. This case got worse very quickly. Mapp v. Ohio involved a young lady and three officers. Ms. Mapp was known as Rosa Parks of the Fourth Amendment in her city. The Mapp v. Ohio trail was a monumental case that involved police officers searching a house for bomb evidence that lead to upholding individual rights against “reseach search and seizures,” making the case popular. Dollree Mapp is from Forest, Mississippi

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    The fourth amendment of the constitution expresses that each individual have a right "to be secure in their persons, house, papers, and impacts against irrational pursuits and seizures, "might not be disregarded, and no warrant's should issue, but rather upon reasonable justification, supported by vow or affirmation and especially depicting the spot to be locked, and the persons or things to be seized. —Fourth Amendment, U.S. Constitution The Fourth Amendment has limits on the government’s rights

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    This right is known as the Fourth Amendment and it contains two clauses: the first one is the reasonableness clause, which states that we are protected from unreasonable searches and seizures. The second part is the warrant clause, which states that a warrant must be issued upon the finding of probable cause. It must then be supported by an affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and what us intending to be found. When referring to the fourth amendment the term person means

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    raised at the trial were whether the use of evidence gained from wiretaps and confiscated papers violated the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures and whether the use of evidence gained from wiretaps and confiscated papers violate the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination? The Federal courts held that the use of wiretaps did not violate the Fourth Amendment. Further, the Supreme Court upheld the argument that there was a clear distinction between letters

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    'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro'. The purpose of his speech was to give his opinions on the well known holiday, the fourth of July. Reading the speech made me feel dumbfounded, amused and frustrated The Fourth of July is America’s independence day from Britain. However, slaves remained in the same position until after the civil war. This is the reason why Douglass says and believes "This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand

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    Freedom of Speech https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/us/berkeley-free-speech.html There are good things are bad things when it comes to freedom of speech. Freedom of speech it where we are allowed to do and say whatever we want. That bad thing about it is we use in for the bad things instead of the good. In this article it goes on about the freedom of speech in Berkeley which it a university. Many students give out their opinion. Many say that the hate and violence speech should not be allow and

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    The Fourth Amendment is one of the most important in America. In that of a case of a man under the nickname DLK, this amendment comes into question. Police searched his home with a thermal imager for traces of marijuana plants. Since marijuana plants need a high amount of heat, it would be easily detected with this thermal imager. Could this search be deemed constitutional? The DLK case was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The government invaded DLK’s privacy and ignored his Fourth Amendment

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    Portland reported that she was being followed by a man one morning in mid-June. Taryn Border said he stood there, maintaining direct eye contact for five minutes, without flinching, while she proceeded to call the police. Border said that her interaction with Officer Foesch was disturbing. Foesch repeatedly mocked and laughed at her, sarcastically asking how long she had been a police officer. A photo with Border’s statement about the incident was posted on Facebook on June 17, 2016 and now has more

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