Assess the view the Bill of rights no longer adequately protects the rights of Americans (25 marks)
The first 10 amendments in the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. The Bill of rights was written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties; the Bill of Rights therefore lists specific prohibitions on governmental power. A famous quote about the Bill of rights is “The Bill of Rights wasn’t enacted to give us any rights. It was enacted so the Government could not take away from us any rights that we already had.” The first 10 amendment are freedom of speech, press, petition, press, & assembly, right to bear arms, no quartering of troops, no illegal search and seizure, …show more content…
Because the UK has an uncodified constitution it only requires a powerful Prime minister to get rid of the Human rights act. Teresa May said if she ever became Prime Minister she would remove the Human rights act showing that the rights and liberties of the people in the UK could easily be taken away. However in the US a 2/3 majority is needed in both house in order to change the constitution and since the two houses are from opposing parties this is likely to never happen, but this is how the Founding Fathers intended it to be, the rights and liberties of American citizen being hard to remove from the constitution. Therefore the Bill of rights does adequately protect the rights of …show more content…
Board of Education which was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state sponsored segregation. However despite this ruling it took significant efforts from the NAACP and other pressure groups and many states in the south refused to desegregate. However the creation of Homeland security has helped enforce the Bill of rights. It deals with a range of scenarios such as natural disasters such as hurricane Katrina and acts of terrorism such as 9/11. It is designed to protect U.S territory and the population from threats within and external to the U.S. The Bill of rights outlines the rights and liberties it is institution such as Homeland security that ultimately enforce these rights. Therefore the Bill of rights does protect the rights and liberties of
The first 10 amendments in the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. The Bill of rights was written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties; the Bill of Rights therefore lists specific prohibitions on governmental power. A famous quote about the Bill of rights is “The Bill of Rights wasn’t enacted to give us any rights. It was enacted so the Government could not take away from us any rights that we already had.” The first 10 amendment are freedom of speech, press, petition, press, & assembly, right to bear arms, no quartering of troops, no illegal search and seizure, …show more content…
Because the UK has an uncodified constitution it only requires a powerful Prime minister to get rid of the Human rights act. Teresa May said if she ever became Prime Minister she would remove the Human rights act showing that the rights and liberties of the people in the UK could easily be taken away. However in the US a 2/3 majority is needed in both house in order to change the constitution and since the two houses are from opposing parties this is likely to never happen, but this is how the Founding Fathers intended it to be, the rights and liberties of American citizen being hard to remove from the constitution. Therefore the Bill of rights does adequately protect the rights of …show more content…
Board of Education which was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state sponsored segregation. However despite this ruling it took significant efforts from the NAACP and other pressure groups and many states in the south refused to desegregate. However the creation of Homeland security has helped enforce the Bill of rights. It deals with a range of scenarios such as natural disasters such as hurricane Katrina and acts of terrorism such as 9/11. It is designed to protect U.S territory and the population from threats within and external to the U.S. The Bill of rights outlines the rights and liberties it is institution such as Homeland security that ultimately enforce these rights. Therefore the Bill of rights does protect the rights and liberties of