Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Amendment IV

Amendment IV

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 or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

What the fourth Amendment is saying, or what I believe it is saying, is that us as citizens are secure in our house from unwanted or unlawful searches. If police or other officials do have a warrant with probable cause, they can however, search your home and items of yours seized. I believe this also pertains to your vehicles and cars as well as yourself, such as getting pulled over or in airports. Search warrants are usually very specific, but also easy to get. These warrants are specific and if there is suspicion of a stolen car, the police cannot check your bedroom, because a car is usually not going to fit in your bedroom. 

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This political cartoon is shown to portray your fourth amendment right to civil liberties. The last few years, there has been many times where the government were trying to spy on citizens or make it easier to spy on citizens. One example is of the FBI wanting Apple to unlock a suspect's Iphone so they can search it. Apple declined, most in part because if they do that for him, they would be allowing this to happen for many others, not just a suspect in a case.

Fourth Amendment Origin Video

The above link, is a link to a video from Time. It explains not only the Fourth Amendment, but why the Fourth Amendment came to be.




Amendment III

Amendment III

No soldier shall, in time of piece be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. 

The third Amendment is saying that the government cannot make citizens or in military terms, civilians, allowance of  a soldier to stay in their home. The owner of that house will have to allow a soldier in for that to be permitted.

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This image is showing a citizen not allowing military personnel or their weapons in to his house and property. For like the amendment says, the owner needs to give consent.



This video briefly explains the third amendment and why it is not really used in today's time. There has also not been a court case on the third amendment.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Amendment II


Amendment II
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.
The second Amendment is pretty clear and concise, basically stating that us as citizens have the right to buy and own firearms. I want to preface this by saying I do not know a lot about obtaining a weapon or all of the laws out there regarding firearms. I believe that the government should not impose stricter gun laws. If we think about it, if somebody really wants a gun, we all know somebody that knows somebody that knows somebody that can get that for us. What I am saying is that murderers and killers are going to get their weapon no matter how strict the gun laws. But if regular citizens find it harder to get firearms, then what do we have to fight back against with? 
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This Picture shows Thomas Jefferson, one of our founding fathers, exercising his right the way they sought to when writing the constitution. In the background are what looks like members of the supreme court protesting that right. 

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This following image is a bit over the top, but also illustrates my point made above. How will you fight somebody firing at you? With your firearm or by trying to hide and protect yourself with your body?

Amendment 1

Amendment I
 Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The first Amendment to me, is allowing American citizens their basic and normal rights and are rights we use everyday as it pertains to government. As I just learned in a freedom of speech video, these rights only pertain to government and not to private companies or businesses. If you say something or do something that possibly is harmful, you can be fired for that, unless your employer is the government (in some cases). 

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I decided to use this picture to represent the first amendment. because there are Americans that believe they are not being protected by this amendment. These people include minorities, religious groups, as well as varying communities around our country. 



While browsing around the internet I came across this video on YouTube. It is about a cop protecting citizens first amendment rights at an airport. A lot of times, police get a bad rep for things that have happened in recent years and how police do not protect our rights or even go against our rights. I believe this was a few years  ago, but it is good to see a policeman standing up for citizens and giving cops a good rep. 



Thursday, September 15, 2016

Preamble to the Constitution

We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. 

The Preamble to me, is the general outline of what the Constitution will be covering as a whole. Also, it claims that the government will help "We the People" of the United States, because we are the ones who basically run the government (we choose officials, etc.). In return America will be better living then it previously was. Overall, it was written to promote the betterment and safety of the American people. 



Articles of Confederation

Articles Of Confederation


ARTICLE I: LEGISLATIVE

Section 1

Section 2

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States: If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

Section 8

Section 9

Section 10

ARTICLE II: EXECUTIVE

Section 1

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.

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Section 3

Section 4

ARTICLE III: JUDICIAL

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

ARTICLE IV: STATES

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

ARTICLE V: AMENDMENT

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

ARTICLE VI: SUPREME LAW

ARTICLE VII: RATIFICATION

G°. Washington Presidt. and deputy from Virginia

Delaware

  • Geo: Read
  • Gunning Bedford jun
  • John Dickinson
  • Richard Bassett
  • Jaco: Broom

Maryland

  • James McHenry
  • Dan of St Thos. Jenifer
  • Danl. Carroll

Virginia

  • John Blair
  • James Madison Jr.

North Carolina

  • Wm. Blount
  • Richd. Dobbs Spaight
  • Hu Williamson

South Carolina

  • J. Rutledge
  • Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
  • Charles Pinckney
  • Pierce Butler

Georgia

  • William Few
  • Abr Baldwin

New Hampshire

  • John Langdon
  • Nicholas Gilman

Massachusetts

  • Nathaniel Gorham
  • rufus King

Connecticut

  • Wm. Saml. Johnson
  • Roger Sherman

New York

  • Alexander Hamilton

New Jersey

  • Wil: Livingston
  • David Brearley
  • Wm. Paterson
  • Jona: Dayton

Pennsylvania

  • B Franklin
  • Thomas Mifflin
  • Robt. Morris
  • Geo. Clymer
  • Thos. FitzSimons
  • Jared Ingersoll
  • James Wilson
  • Gouv Morris
Attest William Jackson, Secretary"