Essays on Amendment

Argumentative Essay: The 2nd Amendment The 2nd amendment is one of the most debated topics in the United States. It’s a very important topic because it concerns every citizen in the country. Many people feel that the 2nd amendment should be repelled to avoid unfortunate incidents such as a weapon landing on the hands of…

EVANS ET AL. v. NEWTON ET AL. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 382 U.S. 296 January 17, 1966, DecidedIn choosing a case for our project, my group and I found this one particular case very interesting. The statue being addressed in this case is the Fourteenth Amendment, dealing with racial segregation. In 1911, a…

Reasons the 18th Amendment was created The Prohibition era usually refers to the period from January 1920 until April 1933 when the National Prohibition Enforcement Act forbade the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content of greater than 0. 5 percent. Supporters of this law believed that it would quickly bring an…

The Instant Runoff Amendment It is time for America to stop choosing its president by an archaic, confusing, and undemocratic method. As the 2000 election has shown, using the Electoral College lets a candidate win the Presidency even if a larger number of voters prefer and vote for someone else. Getting rid of the Electoral…

The Bill of Rights was a group of 10 amendments that were ratified to insure the new government did not have too much power and to make sure the citizens’ rights were protected. Of these 10 amendments, I feel there are 3 that stand out and are the most important. The 4th amendment, which prohibits…

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution states that people have the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, but the issue at hand here is whether this also applies to the searches of open fields and of objects in plain view and whether the fourth amendment…

Facts of the Case An police officer by the name of Mcfadden observed two men standing at a street corner. He noticed that the two men would take turns on looking inside of the window store. This happenedd about twenty four times and each time they did it the two men would have a conversation….

The 13th Amendment             Amendment 13 remains to be a crucial part of the United States Constitution.  It has contributed greatly to the modern society through its defense of human rights.  The origins of this amendment can be traced prior to the American Civil War and its effects continue to be influential at present.  Indeed,…

Introduction Women’s suffrage is a term that refers to political and reform movement aimed at extending suffrage i.e. the right of women to vote.  The origin of these movements lies in France in the 18th century (Wheeler & Spruill, 1995). New Zealand was the first independent country to give women right to vote. When New…

At midnight on June 30, 1990, the Meech Lake Accord, Canada’s first attempt at amending its Constitution, died a quiet yet well-publicized death. There was no climactic national vote to mark the occasion, nor was there one root cause as to why the Accord failed. As one Meech Lake insider famously remarked, “the Accord did…