Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    markets, and reduce inflation and interest rates” (Niskanen). Ronald Reagan was a true gentlemen and patriot, and he believed in the constitution. The constitution declares that the people are the heirs, and therefore, they have to protect and look after the country. By doing this, they have the right to challenge the government when it’s incorrect, and to improve on every weaknesses. In other words, America is the home of freedom and capitalism. Not only did he initiated a plan that would restore the economy, but he was opened to diversity. Diversity is always a good thing. He believed in a good economic policy that would protect his people, and at the same time, he was willing to protect people that wanted to contribute in a good way, even though they were strangers. He wanted productive people that would contribute to his economic plan. In 1986, former President Ronald Reagan passed a law in which he declared that: “There would be tighter security at the Mexican border, and employers would face strict penalties for hiring undocumented workers” (NPR Staff). He also “made any immigrant who 'd entered the country before 1982 eligible for amnesty” (NPR Staff). In his act of forgiveness, he began the process of legalization of immigrants. He believed that immigrants were vulnerable since they didn’t have rights because the American Constitution didn’t protect them. He gave the best gift that anyone foreigner from Latin America desires. Hispanic men that entered this country…

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    The Fifth Amendment

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    The United States government under the articles of confederation was an almost unmitigated failure. In an attempt to protect the sovereignty of the individual states, the federal government was given practically no power. After the Shays Rebellion of 1791, it became apparent that changes were necessary, and the United States federal government was reorganized under the Constitution of the United States. Concurrently, concerns about citizens’ rights led to the ratification of the Bill of Rights…

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    The question here is whether Bodie is under arrest or it is a non-custodial interrogation. Interrogation is a term that refers to the police questioning you in the context of a criminal investigation. So a custodial interrogation would be what occurs after the person has been arrested on the suspicion of a crime. On the other hand, an interrogation may occur because a person is being suspected of participating in or in some way involved in a crime, but the police need more information in order…

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    The criminal has the privilege to have a sensible safeguard set for the wrongdoing he or she perpetrated and as indicated by the genuine flight hazard which he or she may force. In 1963 a man known as Ernesto Arturo Miranda was captured of charges he actually admited nightfall of interrigation, and was sentenced, and sentenced 20-30 years. Miranda's court apointed lawyer contended taht he was not educated he has a privilege to insight, and his admission was not volontary. The…

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    As stated by FindLaw, “The police, for example, may not use torture techniques, threats, drugging, or inhumane treatment during an interrogation. The police, however, can use lying, trickery, and other types of non-coercive methods to obtain a confession from a suspect.” Officers can use nonviolent ways to obtain information from suspects when they are being questioned however they cannot add use physical force to obtain information. In addition State courts have permitted police to deceive…

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    important and protected by contitutional law. Most important and first one is right to learn their rights. This article appeared with Miranda Decision by The Supreme Court in 1966. The Miranda warning is intended to protect the suspect’s Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer self-incriminating questions (http://www.mirandarights.org/) so with this right the people who are under arrest must know their rights while questioning. It is related principle of…

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    defendant’s Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights with no hesitations. In 1955, Ernesto Miranda was convicted to serve a term of thirty years in the Arizona State Prison Farm for the raping and assault of 18-year-old Rebecca Ann Johnson. During his arrest Miranda was taken into custody and was never told that he had the right to an attorney, the right to remain silent, and that anything he said could and would be used against him in a court of law. Because of this, the Fifth and Sixth Amendments were…

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    much as the well-known Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 463 (1961), case did, when it made items found via unreasonable search and seizure inadmissible in court. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), has caused all sorts of controversy over the last four decades and will continue to into the future. The case has been linked to hand-cuffing police officers and making it harder for prosecutors to get criminals convicted of their crimes. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), was the landmark case where…

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    The United States has given us a set of rules and rights that protect and serve the people of its country. The citizens of the United States are born with rights that some of us may or may not know, but the government and police are sworn to protect these rights with the upmost respect. The 1966 Miranda v. Arizona court case was one, if not, the most influential verdicts in this country. Our Fifth Amendment, which protects citizens from self-incrimination in the courts, supports the Miranda…

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    The three parts of the decision went as followed. The first was the Fifth Amendment privilege (which states that no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury). In this instance, Miranda was basically compelled to be a witness against himself and his confession was obtained in a way that did not meet the constitutional standards. What was also a large factor to this part of the case was that he was not offered…

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