Rule Evaluation John Stepney CJA/364 November 5, 2013 Kenneth Overwater Abstract The Fourth Amendment always has protected the three civil rights of liberty, property, and privacy. Under the Fourth Amendment the exclusionary rule was designed to sustain that any evidence that was obtained illegally by government officials is a violation of a defendant's constitutional rights and cannot be used against the defendant in a court of law. The reader will be informed of the rationale and
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Constitution Paper By: Leona Amos Class: His/115 Instructor: Jonathan Tietz Date: March 23rd, 2013 The Constitution was supposed to be the “right hand man” to the Declaration of Independence. Simply because when problems arose from the Declaration of Independence by some people the Constitution stepped in. You see, on May 14, 1787 there was a meeting at the State House for the Federal Convention to revise the Article of Confederation. From what I have read it was simply because it took several
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Amendment I of the Constitution of the United States of America sets the stage for what the government can’t (or at least shouldn’t be able to) deny a person. Right off the bat, the Constitution gives people the right to the freedom of speech, press, religion, and to complaint to or ask for help from the government without punishment. However, the first amendment of the Constitution sometimes get controversial. Some people want certain use of language to be illegal while other want to protect their
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December 8, 2013 Gun control in America is a debate that is a constant concern about the 2nd Amendment or the right to bear arms. Having the freedom to carry a gun is a very controversial issue in society today. There are many people who feel that guns has been a problem and part of the reason there is so much crime. In 1994 a crime bill was passed by President Bill Clinton that would prohibit just anyone from owning a gun (Washington Times vol0). As long as guns are made readily
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reason why rights are not absolute because The Right to Free Speech does not allow you to yell "Fire" in a movie theater. When they start conflicting with the rights of others, they aren't absolute. As another example, the right to religion does not allow you to marry 13 year old girls even if it is your religion. There are limits on all of the rights enshrined in the Bill Of Rights, but when they are limited, they are subject to strict scrutiny by the courts.Additionally, the rights are only protected
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1801. This period in American history saw many important events as a new government and procedures to run it had to be established. Some of those important events included the adoption of the United States Constitution and the passage of the Bill of Rights, the election of George Washington as the first President of the United States, and the creation of two political parties knows as the Federalist and Anti-Federalists, or Democrat-Republicans. The two parties debated over everything but from
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Kopel, David. (1998). Second Amendment in the Nineteenth Century. Retrieved October 27, 2009 from http://www.davekopel.com/2A/LawRev/19thcentury.htm This article dissects the Second Amendment of the United States of America and explains the true intent of the James Madison and his reasoning to include it into the Bill of Rights. The article explains the actual text: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms
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by the Constitutional Convention of 1875 and adopted on February 15, 1876, and it remains the basic organic law of Texas. The Constitution of 1876 began with a lengthy bill of rights. It declared that Texas was a free and independent state, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, that all free men have equal rights, and that the writ of habeas corpus could not be suspended or unduly delayed. The legislative article defined the powers and limitations of the legislature in great detail
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system in each state. George Washington and his congress also created the bill of rights. Hamilton proposed that a new government could pay off the millions of dollars for a Federal government. Then every state fought for their own independence. In the Bill of rights 10 amendments were added to the constitution and were later called the bill of rights. Then James Madison Introduced some extra amendments. The bill of rights limits the power of governments. Hamilton proposed that new government would
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Example 1: Altering the Constitution The formal amendment process, two formal methods of proposing an amendment to the Constitution are available: (1) a two thirds vote in each chamber of congress or (2) a national convention that is called by congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. The second method has never been used. Ratification can occur by one of two methods: (1) by a positive vote in three-fourths, of the legislatures of the various states or (2) by special conventions
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