Officers may stop motorists at border crossings and checkpoints near the border. ... During a checkpoint, law enforcement officers are stopping every driver at checkpoint. ... Retrieved from http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/checkpoint_laws.html. 3. Law enforcement officers are allowed to use drug dogs without reasonable suspicion at check points and road blocks. ... However, the law enforcement officers are not allowed to detain you indefinitely until the dogs arrive. ...

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Congress did not explain in the law what Constitutional provision it believes gave it the power to pass the law. In its defense before the Supreme Court, the Clinton Justice Department cited the commerce clause as justification for the law. It argued that violent crime in or near schools harms the quality of education, causing graduates to be unprepared for gainful employment, thereby affecting interstate commerce, which Congress has the power to regulate. In 1995, however, the Supreme Court--for the first time in more than half a century--invalidated a federal law on the ground that it was ...

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They met at Runnymede, a meadow near Windsor and came up with the Magna Carter. ... Written 575 years earlier, Magna Carta declares: No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned, . . . or in any other way destroyed . . . except by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. ... If they find themselves violating the law, they can fall back on that last part. ... The Declaration of the Rights of Man was unreliable and it gave nobles and the higher classes the ability to squeak past the law. ... The Declaration of the Rights of Man was merely a copy of the American Bill of Rights ...

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Between the years 1607 and 1766 the colonies were governed by British law, to the colonist there were many flaws in the rule but one which could not be overlooked would be the absence of "unalienable rights". ... When the path grew clearer that independence would be a definite in the near future the colonists were left with one issue, a new form a government. ... The problem with these new set of laws was that the alliance was too loose. ... Along with the bill of rights there was a need for a constitutional conference and a better proportion of representative majority to pass laws. ...

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Since this was almost impossible, there always being two sides to everything [a pro and a con], changing the Articles to eliminate the ideas that did not function properly was near impossible. ... It could not regulate commerce, so what resulted was thirteen colonies with different taxations and tariff laws. ... It promoted unity in that Congress would now regulate all interstate and foreign commerce; this eliminated many disputes since there was a simple majority rule to pass laws. ...

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In addition, it forbids congress from passing laws limiting worship. The First Amendment states that congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. ... For example, Mormons believed that it was a man's duty to have more than one wife; still the Supreme Court ruled that Mormons had to obey the laws forbidding that practice. ... Even so, there are numerous amounts of laws limiting the use of a firearm. ... The Branch Davidians believed Koresh was Jesus Christ, and that the end of the world was near. ...

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In the convention Madison knew the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the basic law that the Constitution later replaced. ... Madison was very upset and drafted the Virginia Resolutions of 1798, proposing joint action by the states in declaring these laws unconstitutional. ... The Madison's are buried in a family plot near Montpelier. ...

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This modern debate has not been over the legitimacy of that amendment, but whether existing gun laws are sufficient, or if stricter gun laws need to be imposed. ... This "gun show loophole"" has resulted in liberals protesting the neglect of a national law to further restrict these private dealers. ... With the presidential incumbent and 91% of the electorate on my side, I believe my solution to closing the Gun Show Loophole in the near future is very realistic. ... By implementing a national law that requires private sellers to obtain a license and buyers to undergo a background check, the ...

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His reason for this is that one, the States would continue to make there own local laws and the National Government would only make the laws that would govern the nation. ... To these would be opposed a militia amounting to near half a million of citizens with arms in their hands, officered by men chosen from among themselves, fighting for their common liberties, and united and conducted by governments possessing their affections and confidence." ...

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The grand authors could never have imagined that weapons would one day exist such as the ones that were banned in the 1994 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. A prime reason for allowing amendments to the U.S. constitution is so the laws can agree with modern society. ... In fact, we are nowhere near close. ...

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"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 (1st Amendment of the US Constitution).... The United States Constitution is the backbone of the country, it is the root of all laws established here and the way the country will run for many years. ... There are politicians and businessmen who haven't been corrupt, who haven't been behind the curtain of any wr...

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The necessary and proper clause of Article I Section 8 states that Congress has the power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution for the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. ... When Proposition 215 appears in the news in the near future, think of how many people's lives it has benefited. ...

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