Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

Abstract In the modern times back in the late 18th century in the Constitution where the Founding Fathers were established the to rebuild the federal government to become more efficient than the recent government under the Article of Confederation, they were also published and ratified the ten natural rights of the citizens known as the Bill of Rights. In the Bill of Rights of the Congress, the Second Amendment, which infers that the people of the society has been entitled to have…

about the Constitution and how, “at the framing and adoption of the constitution, they forbore to so much as mention the word ‘slave’ or ‘slavery’” (Lincoln 268) Lincoln is speaking about the new territories and how the Constitution should be issued and adopted amongst all, even the new territories that are trying to act upon popular sovereignty. Lincoln, without hesitation here, says that since the Constitution, the historical document listing all the rights the people have, does not state the…

Amendment I “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The first amendment states that every American citizen has freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and protest. Along with the rest of the Bill of Rights, the amendment was submitted to the states for…

topic to discuss because it has a relativity close connection to the fourth amendment, which is the right to privacy. Law enforcement have the right to warrantless searches when a subject is under policy custody. However, there are certain procedures and guidelines that has to be taking in order to ensure a lawfully inventory search. There are court cases that have been presented that makes that exemption to the fourth amendment more complex. This is why it is vital for the law enforcement to be…

the United States and the Middle East, every word spoken or drawing depicted is under pressure of causing harm. Is there a line drawn between freedom of speech and hate speech, for the sake of the safety and freedoms of our country? Can the government regulate communication that constitutes a threat to the United States national security, and if so, how? The United States government was put into place to serve the people and protect not only their liberties, but also their lives. The United…

The U. S. Const. amend. II states, “[a] well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” [1] It is argued that the Constitution provides individuals the right to ownership and possession of a wide variety of weapons to use as protection. Others argue the right is not a fundamental right of the people and belongs to the states to protect and maintain organized militia units and public forces. This is…

The offender should be able to control their body and what happens to it, as long as they are of sound mind and without coercion. The correctional systems across the United States continually tinker with the minds of incarcerated people, using early release and parole granted after therapy as a “carrot on a stick” for sex offenders. I do not think any amount of behavioral modification therapy could be applied to a person…

Assignment 1: Rewriting the Constitution When the Framer’s first wrote the U.S. Constitution, they included the articles and amendments they felt were necessary for the success of American democracy. Over time, the nation has changed and some of the amendments reflect these changes. However, society is still evolving and the Constitution should continue to evolve with it. The Constitution could be altered to better reflect modern society by addressing the relation of social media to free speech…

its lack of definition in the Constitution. There is no direct Amendment that spells out what privacy is to be expected. The most important case for setting the standards of privacy Griswold v. Connecticut explored this problem. In this case Justice Douglass listed the origins of the right to privacy from coming from the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Amendments and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Douglass stated “ The Ninth Amendment obviously does not create…

The Women’s Suffrage Movement in the United States pioneered throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, attempting to gain equal rights, particularly the right to vote, eventually contributing to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The amendment was passed due to the female measures taken to gain small steps towards gender equality. These female measures were mainly taken by the National Women’s Party, who encouraged citizens to vote against…