Bill of Rights

People who lawfully live in a country who believed they had, or should have, protection against the states under the Bill of Rights included almost all of the 39th Congress. In fact, though they differed on the question of whether the Congress has the power to enforce the Bill of Rights against the states, almost…

A firearm or a (Gun) is a weapon that is meant to immobilize or neutralize a target. A gun can protect as well as end someone’s life. When it is used in the appropriate manner such as saving the life of an innocent victim or putting an end to the life of a criminal, it…

Certainly Thomas Jefferson participated to this noble sitting such as Constitutional Convention as he referred or named it “assembly of demiGods considerably being ‘good and wise’ decisions. He was among the Anti-Federalists stressing that the Constitution was lacking the a bill of rights. And they opposed the federal system in which the power is divided…

The American Revolution sparked a new era of change in America. America was viewed as a “rising empire” by its people (Foner 258). Americans desired freedom and economic prosperity, but the reality was far from these goals. It was a struggle for independence within America and led to great conflict over how to govern the…

The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution which grant us basic civil liberties which the Founding Fathers did not want to leave up to interpretation in the Constitution. The Bill of Rights protect essential rights of every citizen such as the right to free speech, a fair trial, and the…

Enough was enough twenty years ago at the Columbine massacre yet hardly anything has been done to prevent it. It’s time to review our bill of rights and reconstruct our amendments for the well being of America . Although our 2nd amendment right states that we have the right to bear arms, we need to…

As society has developed, questions have emerged about the nature of the rights that the American government owes its citizens, with the rights that were originally formulated in the Bill of Rights within the Constitution sometimes not being seen as adequate for addressing present circumstances. The purpose of the essay at hand is to make…

The UK’s constitution is classified as unwritten or uncodified, this means there is no single document which sets out the fundamental laws that illustrate how the state works. This can be problematic as the sources of the constitution cannot be located in one place, however it is flexible, meaning that constitutional change can be made…

In this activity, we were walked through the many developments congress typically would experience while deciding how to pass or “kill” different legislative amendments. More specifically, we were asked to personally travel through stages of consideration for a previous legislative issue from 1999; which proposed amending the bill of rights to make flag desecration illegal….

Who is going to make a change? The Congress? The Government? The States? We should have a voice, be heard and not simply told what is expected of us. Government shouldn’t only have the power but the people too. This is clearly stated in the Declaration by Thomas Jefferson, The Bill of rights by James…