" The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States The first amendment was written by Thomas Jefferson, and effected on Dec 15, 1791, it is also known as Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion and Petition. ... In conclusion, the freedom of speech is one of the most important laws in the amendment because without the first amendment, the US citizen could not be able to voice their opinion freely. ... The IV Amendment The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warra...

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IV. ... Some of our senators are trying to pass an amendment in have school prayer required. But the First Amendment begins Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... ... And even though what they are trying to pass is a constitutional amendment it goes against on of the main things our forefathers came here for. The First Amendment is one of the finest laws man has ever written. ...

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The Appellants say they were just exercising their First Amendment rights by distributing material with preventative measures to avoid pregnancy. IV. ... The lower court found them guilty as accessories and fined $100 each against the claim that the accessory statutes as so applied violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. ... Although Griswold and Buxton did in fact aid in the prevention of contraception to many couples, they we well with in their First amendment rights. ... "in other words, the State may not, consistently with the spirit of the First Amendment, contract the spectrum of a...

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Section IV - Expulsion of Membership Expulsion of a member requires a three-quarter quorum of members present to request the expulsion, and a two-thirds majority vote to enact the expulsion decision. ... Section IV - Advisor The Advisor will attend all meetings as per availability, and will advise the Board in overseeing the operations of the Club. ... ARTICLE IV. ... Amendments For meetings in which the Club wishes to amend the Constitution, a three-quarters voting majority must be present, with a two-thirds majority vote required to pass the Amendment. Amendments must be announced at the ...

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Section IV - Expulsion of Membership Expulsion of a member requires a three-quarter quorum of members present to request the expulsion, and a two-thirds majority vote to enact the expulsion decision. ... Section IV - Advisor The Advisor will attend all meetings as per availability, and will advise the Board in overseeing the operations of the Club. ... ARTICLE IV. ... Amendments For meetings in which the Club wishes to amend the Constitution, a three-quarters voting majority must be present, with a two-thirds majority vote required to pass the Amendment. Amendments must be announced at the ...

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Members of the NRA focus on legislation that pays particular attention to premier firearms education, and they are America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights. ... Target The NRA targets the federal government primarily because it's a major political force and defender of Second Amendment rights. ... IV. ...

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The Laws i) The Fourteenth Amendment The Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause can be used for legal arguments to guarantee rights to gays and lesbians. ... iii) Sterile/Impotent partners can still get married iv) Post-menopausal women can still get married c. ... iv) Recent census data - 34% of lesbian couples are raising kids, 22% of gay couples are raising kids. ... Bush has called for a constitutional amendment protecting "the sanctity of marriage" iii) Ongoing battle for the gay community to gain rights [Transition: Regardless of your belief of the homosexual lifestyle, ...

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The Second Amendment (Gun Control is Unconstitutional ) A. An Overview of the Second Amendment B. ... We need to up hold our Constitutional rights IV. ... This bill is our Second Amendment. ... This is why the Second Amendment was created and this is what I feel the Brady Bill - Gun Control laws will be taking away from the United States citizens. ...

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IV. ... Fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution redundancy B. ... People who are "for- euthanasia believe that legislation against it "violates the fundamental concepts of liberty, freedom of choice, and self-determination- They base these beliefs on the text of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. (United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment) The voluntary choice between life and death is, to them, a basic human right which the government has no right to legislate. ...

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While sodomy laws have been present since the time when Henry IV ruled they still stand even if they may seem very outdated. ... ON the contrary Justice Blackum expressed that it was repulsive to follow a rule of law in this day and age that was laid down when Henry IV reined. Another opinion was that of Justice Powell who felt that punishing for sodomy would violate the eight amendments (cruel and unusual punishment) because a conviction of this sort couled lead to a twenty-year jail sentence. ...

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I. United States v. Fordice II. 505 U.S. (1992) III. Facts: Mississippi founded the public university system in 1848 with the University of Mississippi as the establishment and over the years there was seven institutions to the system. The University of MS system board of trustees developed a dese...

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In the middle of Washington's stay the 11th amendment was added to the constitution. Following Washington's two term presidency, John Adams was voted in as a Federalist for one term from 1797-1801, following him for two terms was Thomas Jefferson as a Democratic-Republican from 1801-1809, in which the 12th amendment was added to revise the electoral-college procedure. Those three presidents being so closely involved with the new government helped choose the Congress members, so there was very little difference of opinion between the two branches, other than two amendments most of t...

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What I am speaking of is the effect of an epidemic that can be greatly reduced by changing the laws regarding possession and availability of syringes and hypodermic needles by intravenous (IV) drug users. ... On September 30, 2002 Governor Davis vetoed bill number SB 1785 providing for an amendment to the current law that would allow possession and purchase of syringes by individuals over age 18. ... Diane Watson, D-Los Angeles, said that transmission of HIV among IV drug users decreases by thirty percent when clean needles are made available and also increases the chance of addicts going int...

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Article IV: Materials related to the production of nuclear energy excluded from the ban on transfer of explosive related materials. ... Article VIII: Any party may propose an amendment to the treaty if one third of the treaty's signatories request it; a conference must be called for the purpose of considering the amendment. ...

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In Article IV, Section 2 the delegates wrote that runaway slaves had to be returned to their masters and could not be liberated. ... Amendment X can be interpreted as the final statement contributing to the future of African slaves in the new republic. ... Today the sections of the Constitution concerning slavery are substituted by amendments abolishing slavery in our society. ...

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Noah Webster said, "The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations, are to be drawn from the Bible, and sustained by its authority. The man, therefore, who weakens or destroys the divine authority of that book, may be accessory to all the public disorders which society i...

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The few individual rights addressed in the original Constitution included Article I, Section 9 concerning the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Article III, Section 2 providing for the right of trial by jury and Article IV, Section 2 limiting the ability of states discriminating in favor of its citizens in respect to certain fundamental rights. ... The Bill of Rights was introduced by James Madison and became the first 10 Constitutional Amendments. ... The Constitution possessed many solutions to the troubles of the world's government, and its greatest feature was its ability to make amendment...

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The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America B. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America C. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America IV. ... The 14th Amendment is another major milestone in American history. ... The 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868. ...

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It has the following key features: (i) It is a written document which has its origins in John Locke's notion of - Limited government' (a) laws are written and knowable (b) the property rights of citizens take precedent over government (ii) Madisonian Model rests on federal government with three distinctive branches: • the Legislature (House of Representatives and Senate is Congress) • the Executive (President plus executive departments) • the Judiciary (the most influenti...

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Although the United States Constitution attempted to redress major flaws in the Articles of Confederation; such, as the weak federal government and the absence of citizens rights, some issues including slavery were left unresolved and led to the conflict over states rights to have slavery. To st...

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The Title IV Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990 set forth a primary goal to reduce Sulfur Dioxide emissions by 10 million tons below levels set for 1980. ... In addition to reducing SO2 emissions Title IV calls for a 2 million-ton reduction of Nitrous Oxide (NOX) by the year 2000. ... In order to meet the reduction goals set forth by Title IV of the CAA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implemented the "Acid Rain Program". ...

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The latest edition (the 4th) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-IV, did not list Internet Addiction Disorder as an actual mental illness therefore according American Psychology Association AID is not considered a disease, but this is only due to the fact that not sufficient research has been done to prove otherwise. ... Young is among others who discovered the parallels between Pathological Gambling, which is described in the DSM-IV, and Internet Addiction Disorder and used it as a model to develop a formula to diagnose Internet Addiction Disorder. ... The ...

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