Equality Even before the 13 colonies, women have been discriminated in many ways. We have lived under the United States Constitution for more than 200 years and women still struggle for equal rights. ... Since then, there has been nothing but delays in passing the amendment completely and ratifying it. ... ERA's main ideal is that the female group of this country deserves equality in everything, including in our own constitution. ... Through the history of the ERA and how it has evolved, we see that by the passing of the years more and more people un...

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The United States Constitution and its Amendments, right? True, but first, there were the Articles of Confederation that were changed and strengthened to become the Constitution. ... It's still here today, in so many ways. ... Without it, we wouldn't know how to behave and what to do or not do, and there would be no way of telling if we violated the rights and laws in the Constitution. ... There are many reasons for this. ...

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Many people are not familiar how Constitutions are interpreted to justify our current laws. Moreover, many people don't know Constitution played an important role of shaping moral values in our society. Therefore, I decided to write a topic I learned about in that class, so others can also how Constitution deal with important issues in our society. ... The Eighth Amendment is in the Constitution that was modified shortly after American Revolution. ... Then we need to understand why the framers of constitution consist this term in this Amendment. ...

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Like many others, I use the "Constitution" as a protection of rights etc., but have never really read the Constitution. After reading Howard Zinn "Some Truths are not Self-Evident," it is clear that the Constitution had some grand ideas but didn't address many issues such as women's rights. ... But as Zinn pointed out, there is nothing enforcing the constitution or consequences for violation of the amendments. ... Really understanding the Constitution has helped me in understanding not only my rights as a citizen but the history of those rights and how they were obtain...

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I believe that the right to end one's own life is a personal, private right that is covered by the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution. ... The choice of how one wishes to die falls squarely into this category. ... This very personal process is precisely what the fourteenth amendment is to protect. ... This is the reason that if there was any conceivable way for the state to prevent suicide, it should do so. ... As studies have shown many physicians, anonymously report that they have partaken in physician-assisted suicide regardless of statues in place making their actions a crim...

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Or how do we tackle the task of dividing and creating an equal budget? How do we determine which areas would get more money than others. ... Both have to agree to any changes to the constitution. ... The basic principle of American Federalism is fixed in the Tenth Amendment (ratified in 1791) to the Constitution which states: America has throughout its history seen federalism defined in a variety of patterns. ... Making sure there is proper competitin depends on getting the rules of the game right. ...

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The problems of drugs in school and on the street may not be that bad as many people think. ... According to the U.S. laws, unless there are reasonable grounds, teachers have no right to search students for drugs on school grounds. ... Constitution: Fourth Amendment). ... Since there should be some reasonable grounds to perform searches for teachers, how is "reasonable" defined? From the content of the Fourth Amendment, it is interpreted that there should be both a warrant and probable case for searches. ...

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This situation raises many questions about the power of the judiciary, the right to privacy, democracy's role to protect minorities, and the effects of changes in culture on the Supreme Court. ... Nevertheless, there is concern over ideology of the Supreme Court. ... However, the federal Constitution does not contain an explicit guarantee of privacy. ... It is alleged that the statute violates the Fourteenth Amendment and its Equal Protection Clause. ... However, as this case surfaced, interests groups urged the Supreme Court to hear the case as well as submit an "amicus curiae" briefs, ...

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This is the first amendment to the Unites States constitution, and the most sacred one at that. ... There are still many individuals out there who don't want to censor these lyrics and depend on them to express their own emotions. ... Huckleberry Finn and Catcher in the Rye, both great American novels, contain explicit language and many obscenities too, why not censor them? ... The Taliban banned music in Afghanistan, how far away from that are we? How far from those little bleeps taking over songs are we? ...

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Maximizing individual freedom (e.g., the rights of freedom of speech, religion, and association granted by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution) This list is extremely comprehensive. ... Constitution. ... Rules governing how businesses are established, rules governing employment, rules governing wages, rules, rules and more rules. Are there too many rules? ...

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Constitution in the First Amendment, that all American citizens has the right of freedom of speech. With grant citizen the freedom to select for the multiple types of political parties: Republican, Democratic, Constitution, Moderate, Independent etc..Even Though these party have different beliefs of how the nation should be run, they both have a common factor.They have confidence that their party rights should be legalized. ... There are many political beliefs that I simple do disagree with, and fine if they don't get passed. ...

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Due process is mentioned in the constitution, in the 14th amendment it states, "nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The constitution is a set of laws for what the government cannot do to us. ... There is no reason to believe that any race, gender, or certain criminal group should be deprived of their rights. ... It doesn't make sense how we continue to single out certain crimes on whether or not they should receive due process. ... Many m...

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History has proven us many times how alterations to the law works towards human equality. ... A common law can vary from state to state but one constitution rules the land, so when the case comes with the right to privacy under the common law against the freedom of speech that is protected under the First Amendment, the latter one wins. ... The question of whether and under what circumstances we should recognize these rights raises the much larger issues of what kind of society we want to be and how we prioritize our freedoms versus our restrictions. There is a clash between the right to be l...

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