Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

Times article that has the title” Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide”, on June 27th, the US Supreme Court decided 5-4 that same-sex couples have a ‘fundamental’ right to marry, and thus overturned the laws of at least 17 states. In this assignment, I will discuss the arguments both for and against judicial activism vs. judicial restraint, using the 2015 gay marriage case of OBERGEFELL ET AL. v. HODGES, DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT…

culture, who were exported in to become slaves. Once the United States gained its independence from Great Britain, and later passed the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery people would still discriminant against African Americans. The African Americans would not be the only race to get discriminated in the United States the Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, and women would also get discriminated. All the discrimination in the United States caused major dilemmas in society and created major…

In the article “The Decision That Threatens Democracy” by Ronald Dworkin, the author explains how the Court’s Citizens United decision will negatively affect the politics in the United States because the decision allows corporations to donate any amount of money in electoral elections to the candidate of their preference. The author cites a poll that says that 80 percent of the people polled agree that corporations that help officials in their campaigns will receive “special consideration” when…

tried ordering them to disperse. Bullets and teargas should never be the first efforts in crowd control. This documentary shed light on attempts at repressing the right of free speech given to the people by the first amendment. This right is crucial in the United States, because it is the only thing that keeps the government in line. As a democracy, the citizens of America have a right to peaceful protest, and this right cannot be taken away from…

A citizen, cit·i·zen ˈsidizən,ˈsidisən/ noun a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized. Citizenship isn 't just being an American or legal, it means a lot more. In Citizen Education, I learned that if you are a citizen, you need to play the part of being a citizen. It doesn 't take much to be a citizen, but there 's a few certain things an individual can do to be a better citizen. Being a good citizen, not only helps the people around you…

population, with the number of students going up every year. With so many students there is bound to be some issues, in the past years, it has been a contentious topic “student rights.” The first and fourth amendments have had an increasing importance of student rights in public schools. The first amendment is often used in debates in expressing the limitations to students’ freedoms of speech and expression,religion. The discussion continues as families, school administrators, and the U.S. legal…

forever impact the lives of many Americans, including mine. The Constitution means alot to me, as it does to other American citizens. Section 1 of Article 1 of the Constitution begins with the statement “We the people of the United States” . This solemn statement means a lot to me and has impacted my life greatly because it defines the unity that the writers of the constitution intended for our country to entail. The Constitution is one of the most important documents in American history and…

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…

The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments are a vital part of the adult and juvenile justice system. These Amendments prohibit law enforcement or the government from caring on irrational searches and seizures, hinder law enforcement from forcing an individual to self-incriminate themselves in a case and guarantees an adult the right to a prompt trial by an unbiased jury. In contrast, juveniles are given some of the safeguards that entail the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment. This because the…

too powerful. Initially, these rights only applied to the federal government and not the states. After the American civil war, the thirteenth amendment played a role in freeing slaves, and the fourteenth amendment brought the way for naturalized citizens to have their rights granted. The fourteenth amendment, made clear that people who were born or naturalized, were provided three restrictions in the state; privileges and immunity, a person cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property…