United States Bill of Rights

Immigration and naturalization have been a huge discussion and concern among the Latino community since the three big Latino group: Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Mexican came to the United States of America. For Latino to be naturalized is to be an American and have a citizenship status in the United States. To become a U.S. citizen has always been a hard pathway so to ease the Latino access to naturalization, Congress made a proposal in 2001 that aims at undocumented immigrants youths. The proposal…

Although if we as a united people decide that we have the right to do something that is considered taboo by the elite now, we should be able to make it so. The 2nd amendment is a controversial subject recently due to the use of guns for recreational killings of both animals and people. The second amendment states that we have the right to keep and bear arms, however it is so vague in the language that we’ve been relegated to…

Equality For All Introduction The North Carolina controversy that erupted on March 23, 2016, shown the unequal treatment of transgenders in the United States. Pat McCrory, Governor of North Carolina, has denied and fought against the new anti-discrimination bathroom bill, that gives transgenders the right to use the bathroom the person identifies with. People do not understand that there is a difference between sex and gender. Sex is the biological characteristics with which we are born..…

but these weapons come with a cost. On December 15, 1791 the bill of rights was adopted, and the bill of rights came with ten amendments. One amendment is the second amendment this allow all citizens the right to bear arms and today the United States has restricted firearms. In many states it is illegal to own firearms of any kind. Firearms should available to any citizen with few restrictions. These are reasons why we should have a right own firearms.…

The constitution of the United States though over two centuries old laid down the foundation for the United States. Almost like a rule book for the founders to protect the right of the American peoples who shall never be denied these national rights, liberties or justice's. It is the constitution of whom 55 gentlemen took part in its creation, which acted upon the United States as a form of commandments. Filled with articles and sections, which protect us the citizens and our government. The…

in the United States” which included former slaves who had been freed after the Civil War. The amendment was denied by most of the confederate states because they didn’t want the former slaves to have the right to become a citizen. In their minds the former slaves were not legal citizens because they were brought here to be one thing and one thing only which was slaves. I personally like this amendment because if you were born or admitted into this country I think you should have the right to be…

The Constitution does not explicitly state a right to privacy; However during the 1965 Griswold vs. Connecticut case the right of privacy was brought about in discussion when trying to decide the ruling of the case. This case involved Doctor Griswold providing ways of avoiding conception to a married couple. In Connecticut at this time it was illegal to use any certain drugs or instruments to prevent conception. If one was found guilty of using any drugs or instruments to stop conception than…

our 4th president of the United States James Madison “Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions”. When I read this quote not too long ago it helped me to reflect on our society and helped me to put my thoughts together to write this essay. If one thinks about it for a second this phrase warns us how we are not going to be safe, specially not our privacy. If the state is in a position…

songs sang about injustice and its tragedy. Bill was drafted overseas to fight in World War I and was completely appalled by how African-Americans were treated in the South. He found this type of life intolerable and decided to express this unacceptable lifestyle through song. His song, “I Wonder When I’ll Get to Be Called a Man”, highlights the injustice and prejudice against African Americans in the U.S. because they are not white. In this song, Bill wrote, “When I got back from overseas, that…

America was founded of the principle of freedom and equality. The colonist came to America to escape oppression, fought the British Empire to thwart tyranny, and inscribed man’s inalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights, are rights given to all citizens. These amendments protected citizen’s basic liberties and guaranteed proper due process for all. After the adoption of the fourteenth amendment, all persons could not…