Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Henry seized this opportunity by using it as the “key reason” (pg.416) to convince more states not to ratify the constitution. After the Bill of Rights were established by James Madison, things began to fall apart in the story of America’s beginning. They created these Amendments to be broad, which in the end hurt us, instead of its intended purpose, to help us. The statement made in the First Amendment states: “Congress shall make no law” (pg. 417) which, applies explicitly to the national…

Cruzan v. MO Dept. of Health People are born with natural rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which the Constitution protects. Nancy Cruzan lost her ability to express and revel in her natural rights when a tragic car accident left her severely debilitated and in a ‘persistent vegetative state.’ Nancy Cruzan’s parents requested that their daughter be removed from a machine distributing artificial nutrition and hydration that kept her alive. Nancy’s parents strongly…

from journals, books, articles and other secondary sources such as tapes. CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS IN AMERICA’S HISTORY Civil rights in the United States of America date back to the 19th century. The first of these was the thirteenth amendment. It was approved by the 38th Congress between 1863 and 1865. It was later ratified by the states on December 6, 1865. The amendment abolished slavery and slave trade on American soil. It put an end to servitude except where it was a punishment when a person…

court in the United States. The Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the president. There are no qualification clauses for the Supreme Court and they have lifetime appointments. The Constitution of the United States says, "The [Supreme Court] shall extend to all cases, in law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Law of the United States, and Treaties made.." (Art. III, Sec. 2). The supreme court, set up by the founding fathers, was designed to Protect the Constitution and to…

In 1973, The United States Supreme Court ruled, by a vote of 7:2 in favor of legal abortion in the United States. Since the fateful decision of Roe vs. Wade, Abortion has ended the lives of 50 million Americans. How did we get here? To protect the lives of the innocent, when they are they most vulnerable, Abortion needs to be abolished. The US ban on abortion began in 1821 when Connecticut made it illegal. Other laws followed until abortion was illegal throughout the nation, and remained so,…

“The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from denying any person within its territory the equal protection of the law. This means that a state must treat an individual in the same manner as others in similar conditions and circumstances.” If the law has to treat people in the same manner as others in similar condition…

and Legislative Tactics The United States Congress was initiated in 1789 as a separate entity from the judicial and executive branches of government under America’s Constitution (Congress of the United States, 2014). Furthermore, it is comprised of two houses (the Senate and the House of Representatives), this division of houses is known as bicameralism and is a consequence of the Connecticut Compromise, which was an attempt to balance the voting advantages of states with large populations…

and U.S. Constitution to protect citizens’ individual rights.…

The United States (US) Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision of Griswold v. Connecticut, established there is a right of privacy protected by the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution. Nevertheless, there is no such word of “privacy” in the entire US Constitution. The precedent established by Griswold v. Connecticut, has been used to decide various landmark cases. Decisions such as Roe v. Wade regarding abortion, and Lawrence v. Texas regarding sodomy, have been influenced by the precedent established…

back most of their claims with the Fourteenth Amendment, which emphasizes the equal treatment of all people under the law (Legal Information Institute). Those advocating religious freedom back their claims with the First Amendment, which ensures that the government does not interfere with the free exercise of religion, or create an official religion (Sidlow and Henschen 77). Compromise is necessary to uphold…