Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Amendments
For this blog, I would like for each of you to pick an Amendment of the 27 starting on page 771 of your text books. There is enough for each of you to have a different Amendment so make sure you read other posts first so you do not repeat them. I want to know what the Amendment does or did, who it effected, and how it was proposed and ratified.
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The twenty-first amendment was proposed through the second method of formal amending and was ratified by a 3/4ths vote. The amendment repealed prohibition and made alcohol legal again in the United States. It affected anyone who likes to consume alcohol.
2nd Amendement - This amendment was one of the original ten amendments set forth by our forefathers to protect our individaul rights. It was set forth by Congress in 1789. This amendment protects our right to "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." It modern terms it says we have the right to individual gun ownership even though how to interpret "right to bear arms" is debated constantly. It allows people to defend themselves. It helps keep the governement in check and maintains civil order.
The 19th Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote. It affected mostly women. Through this amendment, it stated that the local and federal governments could not deny any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's sex. It was proposed on June 4, 1919 and ratified on August 18, 1920. It got proposed by activists in women suffrage. The Senate passed the amendment after the National Women's Party urged citizens to vote against anti-suffrage senators. The vote was 56 to 25. After the ratification of Tennese, the 36th state to ratify the Amendment went into effect.
6th amendment - in the 6th amendment is talkin about a person that is charged with a crime has the right to be trailed at court. The defendent also has the right to hire an attorney to be on there side to help them out in court.
The 18th amendment outlawed the making, selling, transporting, importing, or exporting of alcoholic beverages in the U.S. It affected everyone in the United States. It was porposed by a 2/3rds vote in each house, and 3/4 vote in the state legislature
The 25th Amendment states that in the case of the removal of the president from office, the Vice President will step in. The Vice PResident will then be President and pick himself a Vice President. This effected the president and vice president and the voting people. It was ratified on February 10, 1967. The Senate passed it with a 72-0 vote. The house passed it with 368-29 ratio.
I will do the 15th amendment. It effected the minority races in the US. It prevented the government from stopping a person from voting based on race, color, and/or servitude.
The 1st Amendment was apart of the original bill of rights. It gives the right to our freedom of speech. It gives citizens the right to speak their opinion and let's their voices be heard. It was established December 15th in 1971.
The 3rd Amendment was ratified by 3/4 of the State, then by 9 more later. It prohibits, in peacetime, the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent. It effects all people who live during a peace time.
The 13th amendment of the US Constitution offically abolished slavery, with the limited exceptions of those who committed a crime. It was adopted on December 6th, 1865. It restricts three things; peonage which is a person in "debt servitute" or a payment of debt, involuntary seritude which refers a person held by actual force, and forced labor which is threats or abuse to get the slaves to work for them. If anyone did any of the three things that the constitution prohibited are charged with legal consequences.
I am going to do the 4th amendment. It state the the people have the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, an effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures. It effects people being search by cops and if they say they need to they must have a warrent. It was developed by the supreme court.
The 8th amendment says that the government can't give excessive fines, bails, or punishment. This effects everyone in the U.S. and the government because they can't be too harsh. This idea came from the English Bill of rights and was put into the U.S. Bill of Rights. It was ratified by congress in 1789.
The 7th amendment basically states that you don't have the right to a speedy and fair trial unless the valley of controversy exceeds twenty dollars. This really only affects the lower people who sue over little things that need not go into court to settle. It was proposed throught the first method on a 2/3 vote throuht congress. and the ratified by a 3/4 vote at the state legislature.
the 5th admendment is our right to a grand jurry a fair and speedy trial. and we can't be punnished more than one for that offence of that crimen. proposed by the first method that was on the power point
I will do the 27th amendment. It is the most recent amendment and it was ratified in 1992. This came 202 years after it was submitted in 1789. This amendement hinders COngress's power to set it's own salaries. Hoverever, Congress still gets anual raises each year for "cost of living increases." There weren't enough state to allow ratification but as more states entered the union, more states liked it.
The Twenty-seventh Amendment provides that any change in Congressional salaries may only take effect after the beginning of the next term of office for Representatives begins. It was pushed by the state legislature of alabama and then sent to the other 50 states congress. This would affect congressmen, so they wouldn't allow them to change their own salaries to make more money.
10th Amendment is about how each state deserves their sovereignty. Some people wanted their own government to limited the federal government. The 10th Amendment was not amended.
The 26th amendment changed teh voting age to 18. It affects eighteen year olds, becasue now many people in our class can vote. I thought it was a good thing that they did this. It was proposed on March 23, 1971. 39 states ratified the amendment right away when it was proposed.
the 26th amendment changes the voting age to 18. The state legislatures and the congress felt pushed to pass this becuase of the vietnam war. the states pushed to ratified and then it was ratified in the national gov. This affected the people that would be shipped off to war could now vote on going to war or not....also voting on all other issues that the general public could vote on.
The twenty-second amendment sets a term limit for the President. It allows the President to be able to serve two four-year terms after having assumed the presidency by means other than election for up to two years. No president other than Roosevelt has ever done this.
The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution partially replaced the ambiguous wording of Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, which deals with succession to the Presidency, and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential disabilities. It was proposed by the state in congress and then passed in the national. this would affect the president and the vice president.
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