Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

Article III in the constitution. Above the main entrance of the supreme court are the words Equal under the Law. The supreme court is in charge of ensuring that the American people have equal justice under the law and acts as a guardian and an interpreter of the constitution. There are three principals that defines the constitution and how the law works. One principle is that the Constitution stands above ordinary laws. Another principle is that the Supreme Court defines the Constitution and…

The Constitution of the United States is made up of twenty-seven amendments. The purposes of the amendments are to make a change to the Constitution. An amendment is added to the Constitution to make a change to an older amendment. An amendment can also overturn a previous amendment. To add or remove an amendment to the Constitution, the amendment has to be passed through the congress. In congress it can be passed with a two-thirds vote, meaning two out of the three accept the new or changed…

The document entitled, The Constitution of the United States has infringed on the works of the plaintiffs who wrote these documents prior to 1787 when the Constitution was written. I propose that there are many similarities, might I add even plagiarism, within the Constitution. The theories and philosophies of the Constitution mimic the documents written by the plaintiffs. I will cite specific examples demonstrating the resemblances between the Constitution and the plaintiffs’ documents as…

v. United States (1935), the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), a key component of Roosevelt 's New Deal program that attempted to stimulate the economy during the Great Depression. The Schechter Poultry Corporation sued the United States because they believed the regulation of the poultry industry was not an power granted by the Constitution. The Supreme Court agreed, ruling that Congress’ use of…

The Constitution, completed and signed on September 17, 1787, is the backbone of the United States government. Composed of three parts, the Preamble, the Articles, and the Amendments, the Constitution outlines a government that “puts the power in the hands of the people” (Constitution Center, 1). It was written from May through September of 1787, but not ratified until June of 1788, when New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the document. The Constitution was written by a plethora of…

ruled it as apart of the first amendment, granting it as your freedom of speech. This lead half of America in an uproar because they believed the burning of the American flag is disrespectful to everyone who has fought for the freedom that they have today. Their argument is that it may be your freedom of speech, but people died to give you that freedom. According to the Texas v. Johnson supreme court case, the burning of the American Flag is apart of the first amendment. As of 1989 it is a…

would often take other drugs to get rid of their babies they did not want. Illinois and Connecticut being two of the first few states to pass a law that made the use of drugs for abortion illegal and very highly punishable. It gave women up to three years in prison. As time passed, abortion was becoming more popular throughout the world. By the 1900’s mostly all states had laws against abortion. The fight on whether or not to criminalize abortion has grown tremendously within time, but it…

Your procedural rights mainly fall under the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution, better known as the Bill of Rights. The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments apply to a person when it comes to the criminal justice system. These amendments go hand in hand in protecting a person who finds themselves involved in a legal fight. The Fourth Amendment protects an individual from illegal searches and seizures. A search is defined as “explorations or inspections, by law…

Our founding fathers dedicated their time to construct the best possible rights that citizens could be entitled to, these rights are known as our Constitution. The Constitution was made in order to list the appropriate rights that each American was promised, which includes the Second Amendment, known as the right to bear arms. The right to bear arms is allowing any American citizen to protect themselves and their families, whether they possess guns, or any other type of weapon. Sure, there are…

country needs a sense of law, or constitution. From the start of the United States, to present day, the United States has stood by its original constitution. Not only has the United States kept the same constitution, but it has effectively operated the country quite nicely. This constitution has functioned for so long simply because it is very interpretable to everyone and everyone has their own opinions of the Constitution. This paper will explain the first ten amendments, otherwise known as…