Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

six constitutions as a state since 1836. The current constitution became effective on February 15, 1876; and is the same constitution currently used. It is the second-longest serving constitution in the United States. The United States constitution being the first longest. Since February 1876, the Texas constitution has been amended 484 times and is made up of seventeen articles and 385 sections. The five previous constitutions occurred within a span of forty years. They are: The Constitution of…

speech. The ideal that had the greatest impact on the Enlightenment was the idea of equality. The U.S Constitution, Declaration of the Rights of Man, and the Haitian Constitution of 1801 includes the ideal of equality. Ideal…

unique identity of a Christian nation? The main three reasons why America is not founded as a Christian nation and should not be considered as a Christian nation is for those reasons that the text of the constitution does not say that the United States is a Christian nation. Second, in the first Amendment it applies to respecting religious and therefore it does not apply to only Christianity. And third, conservative pastors whining well into the nineteenth century. Over all how can we all as…

In comparing the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists, it will be shown that all three of these historical documents relate to one another in some form, especially the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. It is important to note the dates that each document was written, as this has bearing on the relationship between each document. The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas…

The Constitution established a strong central government that reflected upon history and was open to change during times of urgency. It worked upon the failures of the Articles of Confederation, which displayed a weak central government and depended upon the states. The Constitution had strong central government, coming from its articles which points out parts of government and their equally distributed powers. Flexibility of change was established through amendments, but in a way that the…

The Constitution is the document that is the basis of our modern government. The Constitution was ratified in 1787, and was written by a community of founding fathers. The document was written primarily to correct the faults of the Articles of Confederation. However, the Constitution has faced scrutiny in recent days with people doubting the legitimacy of amendments that are more than 200 years old. Whether or not the claims of illegitimacy are true, the Constitution is still the document in…

Ch.5 Civil Liberties We as the Citizens of the United States are given Civil liberties which are the protections the Constistution provides against the abuse of government power. Many people think of them as a set of principles that grant us the protection of our freedom all the time but that 's not completely correct. Even though our Civil liberties protect our freedom it doesn 't mean that we can do whatever we wish, For example The Smith Act made it a criminal offense to advocate violent…

home as a self-defense mechanism but we also need one to get rid of predators who are pestering or killing our cattle. Gun control, throughout our country, in the United States of America is a topic that is discussed on a daily basis throughout our country. It has had some criticism and some support by many citizens of the United States. The people who criticize believe that it isn’t the gun that kills, it’s the person behind the gun. The supporters of gun control believe that it is a…

the history of the United States there is many cases of civil unjust and/or acts that are morally just. This is due mostly in part because of the constitution of the United States and how it is interpreted. There are mainly two ways of interpreting the constitution; strict and loose construction. Strict and loose construction of the constitution can apply to practically every national debacle. Strict construction of the constitution is the idea that whatever the constitution should be followed…

is the Constitution which provides every one of us the freedoms which we enjoy today. Most people take these freedoms for granted, mainly due to the fact that they are not faced with a situation where these rights would protect them. Nevertheless, these rights remain available should they be needed. Examples of these rights include the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and due process, the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures and the Sixth Amendment…