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- 281: Capital Punishment
- ... without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation (Funk & Wagnalls 321 .)" This allusion to having ones life put in jeopardy is an obvious indicator that the constitution did not mean for the death penalty to be included as one of the "cruel and unusual" punishments that capital punishment opponents claim that it is. Surely if the framers of the United States Constitution meant for the death penalty to be considered cruel and unusual, they would never have directly referred to it in the fifth amendment. While the eight amendment has and always will be open to the ... as is found in the fifth amendment, up for debate (Winters 37.) While common sense alone is enough for most people to see the morality of the death penalty, it’s good to have the constitution as a strong reminder of the legality of capital punishment as well. The legal and moral evidence is highly in favor of the death penalty and makes it clear why over 70% of Americans ...
- 282: Gun Control-Forfeiting Our Rights
- ... This statement was said by Thomas Jefferson, one of the singlemost important men in the foundation of our country. Almost all gun control debates begin with an individual’s interpretation. The Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees us the right to arm ourselves in order to defend ourselves and our society: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Some people who have never actually read the Constitution will argue, “The Second Amendment says it’s okay for to have guns for hunting, but not handguns and assault rifles and guns that are actually designed to kill people.” The truth is that there ... word in the Second Amendment about sport shooting or hunting. The amendment specifically says “the right of the people…. shall not be infringed.” The Second Amendment cannot be removed from the overall context of the Constitution. It is an extension of the Preamble. As Michael Reagan, son of the great Ronald Reagan states, “The Second Amendment is a specific guarantee of the right to bear arms, which is an extension ...
- 283: The Issue Of Gun Control
- The Issue Of Gun Control When the framers of the Constitution penned one of the most influential works in history, they could never consider what the consequences of the freedoms they set forth. The second amendment of the Constitution is one of the most important and most frequently called upon that recent history can think of . Since the age of the Civil War, the weapons that we have produced have become increasingly more deadly ... ACLU), Congress has had a tough time passing any legislation that would benefit the public and curtail the sail and manufacture of armor piercing bullets, automatic rifles and Uzis. Unfortunately, we tend to interpret the Constitution to broadly. Obviously, in the late 1700's, there were no deadly weapons to contend with. They had muskets, which could hardly be used in a very swift and deadly manner. Granted, the musket ...
- 284: Dred Scott
- ... Northern view was based upon the Wilmot Proviso which expressed the view that Congress had not only the right but also the responsibility to prohibit slavery. The Northern view was also based upon the very constitution itself which said that Congress has the power to "make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory... belonging to the United States." Calhoun presented his ideas to Congress, telling them that the territories belong ... decided upon a verdict. The decision, which Justice Taney presented ,had three main points: Negroes, even those who were not slaves, could not be citizens of the United States, according to the meaning of the Constitution. Scott's claim that he had become a free man because he lived in a territory from which slavery had been prohibited as a result of the Missouri Compromise, was not valid. This was because ... received similar verdicts and were not judged by the merits of the individual cases, but by the issue of slavery. People were not getting fair trials even though they were insured fair trials by the Constitution of the United States of America. Calhoun continued to fight and remained a defender of slavery. He based his position on the right of states to "regulate their own domestic institutions." There was still ...
- 285: Democrecy Of Spain
- ... State since September 1936) up until his death in 1975, General Franco was the authoritarian ruler in Spain. Franco was the last of the European dictators still alive from the inter-war period. The Francoist constitution, the Leyes Fundamentales, was supposed to make possible the institutionalization of the regime and ensure its continuity after Franco's death, Franco counted on the army to guarantee the established legality and constitutionality of the ... the army had internalized this role and would not allow the regime to fall. This, however, may have led to a search developing as to how to break the regime within the parameters of the Constitution so that the military would not get involved. This, in the end, is what happened. The transition to democracy took place within the boundary's of the law. Francoism was based on the coalition of ... of the continuation of Francoism as well as the chief promoter of the transition to democracy. Suárez' government had a strategy of reform containing three main tasks: to solve the economic crisis, pass the proposed constitution, and find a solution to the regional problems facing Spain. The first two issues were solved through a series of negotiations among the major parties involved, then ratified by the Cortes (Parliament). The negotiating ...
- 286: Causes Of The Civil War 3
- ... were many reasons why the South wanted to succeed but the main reason had to do with the North’s view on slavery. All of this was basically a different interpretation of the United States Constitution on both sides. In the end all of these disagreements on both sides led to the Civil War, in which the North won. There were a few reasons other then the slavery issue, that the South disagreed on and that persuaded them to succeed from the Union. Basically the North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. The South wanted to reserve all undefined powers to the individual states. The North also wanted internal improvements sponsored by the federal government. This was more ... January 10, Alabama on Jan 11, Georgia on January 19, Louisiana on January 26, and Texas on February 1. On February 4 delegates from all these states met in Montgomery, Alabama where they drafted a constitution for the Confederate States of America. This outraged the North and what was led to the Civil War. The existence of slavery was the central element of the conflict between the North and South. ...
- 287: Reviving The Death Penalty
- ... One of the 10 Commandment states, "Thou shalt not kill". Is it not also written in the Old Testament" An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." Fifth, opponents cite lines from the Constitution take out of context. "No person is to be deprived of . . . life . . . without due process of law," according to the Constitution. If due process of law is given, then according to the very same document, life can be deprived. Next is the Eight Amendment which forebodes "cruel and unusual punishment," by the government. The Eight Amend meant was made part of the Constitution in 1791. It was aimed at preventingmethods of execution which tried to inflict maximum suffering such as: burning, drawing and quartering, and impalement. Today's method of execution are painless, depending upon which method ...
- 288: The Need for Stricter Gun Laws
- The Need for Stricter Gun Laws When the framers of the Constitution penned one of the most influential works in history, they could never consider what the consequences of the freedoms they set forth. The second amendment of the Constitution is one of the most important and most frequently called upon that recent history can think of . Since the age of the Civil War, the weapons that we have produced have become increasingly more deadly ... ACLU), Congress has had a tough time passing any legislation that would benefit the public and curtail the sail and manufacture of armor piercing bullets, automatic rifles and Uzis. Unfortunately, we tend to interpret the Constitution to broadly. Obviously, in the late 1700's, there were no deadly weapons to contend with. They had muskets, which could hardly be used in a very swift and deadly manner. Granted, the musket ...
- 289: The Communication Decency Act: The Fight For Freedom of Speech on the Internet
- ... by means of an Internet page..........shall be fined $250,000 under title 18......imprisoned not more than two years....or both......" The writer of that paragraph of the bill forgot something. It violates the constitution. The First Amendment states: "Congress shall make no law....prohibiting or abridging the freedom of speech......the right of the people peaceably to assemble.....and to petition the Government.............." This bill does exactly that. It ... this opened your eyes as to the importance of this fight. We need to show the government this country still is made for the people, and run by the people. That is written in the constitution. We do not want to change the document our forefathers wrote expressing their wishes for our future generations. That document protects our freedoms. It is important that the constitution remains intact so that it can preserve all of our freedoms including use of the Internet as we see fit.
- 290: ATF
- ... the Internal Revenue Service by Treasury Department Order No. 120-1 (former No. 221), effective 1 July 1972. Notwithstanding, ATF traces its roots across two hundred years of American history. In 1789 under the new Constitution, the first Congress imposed a tax on imported spirits to offset a portion of the Revolutionary War debt assumed from the states. Administration of duties fell to the Department of the Treasury, whose Secretary, Alexander ... nothing in 1886 to foreshadow the Laboratory's sought-after forensic skills in arson, explosives, and criminal-evidence examination, a resource now available to law enforcement personnel worldwide. Ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1919, in combination with the Volstead Prohibition Enforcement Act of that year, brought to prominence those officers --- 'revenoors' --- charged with investigating criminal violations of the Internal Revenue law, including illicit manufacture of liquors, who ... Industrial Alcohol. The most illustrious enforcer during that tumultuous era was Eliot Ness, the "T-man" who toppled Chicago's organized-crime king Al Capone on tax-evasion charges. The Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition, achieved ratification with unanticipated speed by 5 December 1933, catching Congress in recess. As an interim measure to manage a burgeoning legitimate alcohol industry, by executive order under the National Industrial Recovery ...
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