The Fifth Amendment Imagine, you are in a court of law where a judge is deciding if you are innocent or guilty of a crime. Where do you think the rights you have came from? Why do you think you have certain rights during a trial? You have these rights in court and in your everyday life because of the fifth amendment. This amendment outlines the rights of the people for their property and for those who may be on trial or charged with a crime. The fifth amendment had an extremely important meaning
Have you ever thought about what would happen if you didn't have the amendments? Everywhere in America would be chaos. The first amendment says that American citizens have the right to free speech, religion, assembly, petition, and freedom of the press. This amendment was made on September 25, 1789. Over 70% of Americans have agreed that people should have the right to free speech, even if someone’s words are very offensive. In the late 1700’s North American colonies did not have a legal right
most important to me is the United Stated Constitution because it gave people a lot of support and independence that protected their right for example the 5th which abolished curial and unusual punishments, the 13th amendment that abolished slavery, and the 15th that said that you can vote no matter your race. This gave all give right to all people especially African Americans like me. The Fifth Amendment was the amendment that told us that you can’t get killed for
are twenty-seven amendments to the US Constitution giving all US citizens a variety of rights. You may ask, but why is this important? Is there a reason we should even know about them? Truth is, yes, we do have to know them for privacy reasons, government issues, protection, and within others. In the next couple paragraphs, ten out of the twenty-seven amendments will mentioned in specific detail for a better understanding. Being a US citizen has its perks, but knowing the amendments of the Constitution
Many people, along with Ed Snowden himself, believed what he could do was clearly a violation of the law; it defiled the fourth and fifth Amendments to the Constitution of his country, Article twelve of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and numerous statutes and treaties which forbid such systems of massive, pervasive surveillance. Once word got out though, everything was out of
Constitution, and the abortion laws violate those rights. The right to privacy was going to be the primary key to Weddington and Coffee’s case. In the “legal document,” also known as a brief, Weddington and Coffee used “the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to make their case” (Payment, 2004). After the 4 Roe v.
member of the United States Congress why they should leave prayer in school. After Rev. Billy Graham’s speech in September 1962 the House of Representatives voted to display “In God We Trust.” (Loren, 8) Secondly, Engel v. Vital was the landmark concerning prayer in school.
two candidates were nominated, Stephen Douglas, and John C. Breckenridge. The Constitutional Union Party chose John Bell as their candidate. With the Democratic votes split between Douglas and Breckenridge, Lincoln won the election with only two fifths of the popular vote and without carrying a single southern state. This incensed the south, if someone could win the presidency without carrying a southern state, then southern states didn’t matter. The south had felt that the government had only
This is becoming the norm. We should be ashamed.” -Barack Obama. Is carrying a gun really worth risking so many valuable lives? Topics such as Gun Control and Gun Rights have remained an important issue for decades. The negatives unquestionably outweigh the positives when it comes to carrying a gun, this is why they’re so unnecessary. When someone carries a gun on them, specifically in public, they don’t realize it but they’re putting everyone near them in a more dangerous, uncomfortable situation
Should teens be executed is a continuous question asked in society now a days. My opinion is they should be executed . I feel like they should because they chose to commit the crime they commited. So I think it also depends on how bad the crime was. If the crime like murdering should be paid with execution because I you leave that person off the hook then they should do it again. We do not want stuff like that to happen so i would say it depend on the crime. If a teenger between 15-18 years of age