Although the first ten Amendments were intended to apply only to actions of the Federal Government, over the years the courts have been able to extend due process rights to those accused of violating state law via the 14th Amendment, that says, "No State shall ... deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." ... The fourth amendment states "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 Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath ...

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This bill increased federal election requirements by stating that first-time voters who registered by mail must provide some type of identification prior to their first time voting in person. The first state law requiring voters to show identification at the polls came soon after in 2003, in the state of Alabama. ... Most of these states seemed to be in a rush to enact voter ID laws before the 2012 election in which the democratic candidate, Barack Obama, the first person of color to hold office as president, could possibly be re-elected. ... The affidavits allow the person to cast a vote ...

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The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the Constitution, and mainly focus on the civil liberties of citizens. ... The first section of the Fourteenth Amendment states "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. ... First of all because Miller's interpretation of the amendment is not the same as it seems many hold today. ... The first was Adamson v California in 1947. Admiral Dewey Adamson was sentenced to death for first-degree murder. ...

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Thurgood's father William Canfield Marshall was the first black person to serve on Baltimore's grand jury in the 20th century. ... William Marshall was the first black person to serve on Baltimore's Grand Jury. ... Norma was one of the first Afro Americans to graduate from Columbia University. ... First, he and the Biology teacher were constantly feuding. ... Howard Law School was the country's first black law school. ...

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These families' circle of acquaintances consists mainly of persons from the church and it is not unheard of that the families send their children to Sunday school before the actual worship session, then send them to youth group on Wednesdays and the adults themselves go to bible studies on Monday evenings, often hosted by one of the church members. ... I will first and foremost give a historical overview of how religious liberty was meant to be a part of the American society through the American Constitution of 1787. ... The Bill of Rights, the amendment to the 1787 Constitution, state...

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Women's Suffrage endured during the time when social standing, race, and gender defined a person's place in society. ... In 1836, one of the first women to publicly speak in front of a mixed gender audience about the Abolition of Slavery was Sarah Grimke. ... She was said to be the first African-American woman to deliver a public speech. ... The women organizers: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, were members of the First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. ... Women such as Emma Hart Willard founded the first endowed school for girls. ...

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Women's Suffrage endured during the time when social standing, race, and gender defined a person's place in society. ... In 1836, one of the first women to publically speak in front of a mixed gender audience about the Abolition of Slavery was Sarah Grimke. ... She was said to be the first African-American woman to deliver a public speech. ... The women organizers: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, were members of the First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. ... Women such as Emma Hart Willard founded the first endowed school for girls. ...

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Any punishment that can be considered inhumane treatment or that violates the basic concept of a person's dignity may be found to be cruel and unusual. ... Inmates retain only those First Amendment rights, such as freedom of speech, which are not inconsistent with their status as inmates and which are in keeping with the legitimate objectives of the penal corrections system, such as preservation of order, discipline, and security. ... Inmates' First Amendment rights are less extensive than other citizens' and their rights can be limited due to security or other penological conce...

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This was via new legislation that proposed the Constitution Act 1987 (Smith 1991), which was accepted by eleven then First Ministers. ... The Meech Lake Accord was Canada's first attempt at major political reform under its patriated constitution, and also its first attempt to amend its own constitution (Meech Lake Accord accessed 13th September 2003). ... The first dealt with the distinctiveness of Quebec in the Canadian federation, and the second with a potpourri of other matter. ... The Accord took this latter list of specialized matters, added a number of other issues, and moved the...

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This socially elite group which included George Washington our nations first President, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin contributed to help create what is one of the most respected and well known written documents ever produced, the Constitution of the United States of America. ... First devised by the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the Electoral College as it is known was a compromise between the delegates who favored direct popular election of the President, and those whom felt that the President should be elected by Congress. ... As a side note, the Constitution contains very lit...

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The first 10 amendments, adopted in 1791 and known collectively as the Bill of Rights, established a number of individual liberties, including speech, religion, the press, and the rights of the criminally accused. ...

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District courts are courts of general jurisdiction, meaning they have the authority to hear and decide on certain cases for the first time. ... First woman nominated to Supreme Court, by President Reagan. ...

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Anthony was the first women's rights advocate. ... Never blinking and never interrupting, Alice would listen and then ask if the person had 30 minutes to listen to her. ... In Statuary Hall under the dome of the Capitol, filled with statues of outstanding figures in the struggle for political and religious liberty in this country, the first memorial service ever held in the Capitol to honor a woman, was held for this gallant young leader. ... This is the first time most of the women in the crowd had ever seen a police station, and they look hard and long at their surroundings. ...

• Word Count: 3766
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• Grade Level: High School