considered guilty and had to prove they were innocent. There were few ways to prove a witches innocent, the most famous being swimming a witch. To swim a witch, she would be attached to a log and sunk underwater; there would be two outcomes, the first being the victim drowns meaning she is not a witch. The second being she escapes and is therefore a witch, resulting in punishment. During the trials a person did not have a fair trial and was incriminated on unlawful evidence that nowadays is not
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republicans not wanting guns and the democrats being pro-gun. Democrats argue that it is the 2nd amendment that show allow conceal and carry. Now, I’m not saying that having everyone carry a gun on campus would make that campus safer. I believe that a certain amount of teachers and faculty along with a select few of students should be allowed to carry. “Gun-rights advocates argue that easing gun restrictions could enhance both individual and collective security on campus and may deter violence.” While
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Table of contents Introduction to Corporate Personhood…………………………………………………………………………………..1 Overview of Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee decision………………………………………2 Background of the parties who filed the suit and reasons for doing so……………………………………4 Arguments in favor of the decision………………………………………………………………………………………….5 Arguments against the decision……………………………………………………………………………………………..X Current events related to the decision…………………………………………………………………………………….X Future outlook on the decision…………………………………………………………………………………………………X
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policies were to be created, they would be impeaching on every American’s constitutional rights as stated in the first amendment. Lawrence states that this argument has “placed the bigot on the moral high ground and fanned the rising flames of racism” (65). I agree with Lawrence’s point of view in the respect that any sort of racial insults should not be protected under the first amendment and those who claim otherwise are only doing a disservice to everything the constitution stands for. In order to
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agree on much of anything. When the framers first thought of the Supreme Court they were thinking of a branch of government that would have supreme power. This is evident by the way each branch is laid out in the establishment. Each branch of government has its power expounded to them in detail. When it came to the court the description of power became vague. Some scholars believe that the founding fathers didn’t give the Supreme Court as many restrictions because they wanted a court of judge that
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to protect the unborn child. The process of abortion has caused many controversial court cases and amendments, many movements, and has many medical reasons for and against it. The issue of abortion has led to many controversial court cases such as
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The second amendment within our constitution 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." The language of this amendment has created considerable debate as to what it really means. America has stood strong by what our founding fathers accomplished in drafting the United States Constitution which can also be called the “Supreme Law” of our land. Gun control advocates usually always invoke
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right, guaranteed in the 1st amendment of the United States Constitution stating, "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech" of the people. The case was heard under the Texas Supreme court who overturned the ruling by the Texas Third Court of Appeals, that the "pole tax" was unconstitutional. The Texas Supreme Court overturned the original ruling to say that the pole-tax did not violate the clubs' free speech rights because the tax is a "minimal restriction," meant to suppress the secondary
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what content may and may not be seen by internet users could be seen as a good thing, a form of protection--protecting the innocent minded against graphic images or cyberbullying; however when practiced these restrictions can not only protect innocents, but ignorance too. These sort of restrictions create a gray area that can potentially result in impeding on a citizen's’ right to free speech. Allowing government moderation and censorship of the internet creates a realm of ambiguity as to what can
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violate the second amendment right. (Reassessing, 1991) The second amendment right was created in the seventeen-hundreds, when our country was first being founded. William Lambert created the amendment. The amendment was adopted into our constitution on December 15th, 1971. (Wikipedia, 2011) The constitution help create what laws we have in place today. The second amendment is basically a right Americans are born with, and are proud to be able to have the right to this amendment. No one should be
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