Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Locke stressed the freedom of an individual’s integrity was of upmost importance and any attempts by a government or a church to dampen such freedoms should be looked upon with disdain. According to Locke, the old strong-arm uniformity of church and state had to concede its power to liberty of individual conscience. Locke’s thoughts in regards to this liberty of conscience was Protestant, and theological, harping on religious reasons for desiring free conscience over the claims the church or…

accepted, but I never knew that it was against the law in certain places across the United States. I had always believed that everyone should have the right to be married and it is wrong for one to deny this right to anyone. Loving v. Virginia led the way for interracial couples to be married, without the interference by law. The Supreme Court decided that the right to marry resides with the individual and not the states. This case confirmed my previous conceptions that the Supreme Court is…

For example, “I say it with a sad sense of disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary” (Douglass 19-21). He states that he does not share the common holiday with he white people. He has come to speak the the whites anniversary. He feels as if the people are mocking him because he and all of the other slaves can not celebrate this holiday. The white people are…

Elliott. In the beginning, they wanted only to get school buses for the African American schools. The more it went on they started to want to get rid of racial issues in general. They claimed that the racial tensions in schools violated the 14th amendment. They had argued that all schools should be equal no matter what race you are. When the court case was filed people were petitioning for it to go through. The court ruled against…

In 1791, as part of the Bill of Rights, the second amendment was adopted, having been ratified by three-fourths of the states. The second amendment is known for a well-regulated militia being necessary to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Since 2015, there are 45 states that allow open carry for firearms. Also, in 15 states require a permit or license to open carry, while eight more have other restrictions on how, when or where guns are allowed. There are two reasons why there should be…

On September 17, 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed. The U.S. Constitution didn’t allow women to vote until 1920. One of the things the Constitution did was help the U.S. government set up three branches. Also, two of America’s Founding Fathers were not able to sign the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution was signed. Until 1920, women did not have the right to vote. Before 1920, when women were not allowed to vote, in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, women were already to vote.…

Before this decade began, prohibition was ratified by the American government in hopes of decreasing crime and violence. Unfortunately, the act had the complete opposite effect and the economy has been crashing down. While unemployment rose, the number of illegal bars increased and because of the shortage of alcohol, mobsters are making easy money by distributing their own home made drink. Because the alcohol is not being made by professional factories, the alcohol is poor and many people are…

Lincoln. He’s identified as the man who ended slavery, when in reality he only saved a few. "The Emancipation Proclamation didn 't actually free all of the slaves. Since Lincoln issued the EP as a military measure, it didn 't apply to border slave states like Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri, all of which had remained loyal to the Union (History.com).” This proves that Abraham Lincoln only saved a few slaves, and that he only passed the Emancipation Proclamation as a military measure,…

Efforts to desegregate public schools have been presence since 1954. The efforts were the outcomes of the opinions of the Supreme Court based on the way it interpreted the Equal Protection Clause, which is part of the Fourteenth Amendment. Some of the controversial cases in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1950 include Brown v. Board of Education, New Count School Board v. Green, and Swam v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education asserted the need for public schools to avoid any intentional segregation…

but this appears to be what The City Commission on Decency has done. In Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton the court held “in the absence of distribution to juveniles or obtrusive exposure to un-consenting ageless, the First and Fourteenth amendments prohibit the state and federal governments from attempting wholly suppress sexually oriented materials on the basis of they 're allegedly obscene." By removing what would be one half of an exhibit from public view, they end up wholly suppressing the…