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The Amendments

The Amendments. By James, Kaitie , Lauren and Taylor. Amendment 2 – The Right to Bear Arms.

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The Amendments

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  1. The Amendments By James, Kaitie, Lauren and Taylor

  2. Amendment 2 – The Right to Bear Arms • The meanings of the term "keep and bear arms" are integral to the debate and much of the amendment jurisprudence relies on such interpretations.

Relative to the "bear arms" meanings, one study found "...that the overwhelming preponderance of usage of 300 examples of the 'bear arms' expression in public discourse in early America was in an unambiguous, explicitly military context in a figurative (and euphemistic) sense to stand for military service".[69] Further, the Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles declares that a meaning of "to bear arms" is a figurative usage meaning "to serve as a soldier, do military service, fight".

  3. History of the 2nd Amendment

  4. Court Case related to the 2nd Amendment • Regarding a meaning of "the People" in another context, the U.S. Supreme Court commented in United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 U.S. 259 (1990),

    "the people" seems to be a term of art used in select parts of the Constitution and contrasts with the words "person" and "accused" used in Articles of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments regulating criminal procedures. This suggests that "the people" refers to a class of persons who are part of a national community or who have otherwise developed sufficient connection with this country to be considered part of that community.[68]

However, as noted earlier by the Supreme Court in 1886, the Second Amendment is not restricted to American citizens. In Presser v. Illinois (1886) before the high court, Presser made an attempt to link the Second Amendment as being a privilege or immunity of citizens of the United States. This attempt was found lacking when the Supreme Court stated

  5. Amendment 4 – Searches and Seizures • Kaitie

  6. History of the 4th Amendment

  7. Court Case related to the 4th Amendment

  8. Amendment 5 – Due Process and Self Incrimination • The right to remain silent and not testify against yourself in court • The right against double jeopardy • The right to be formally charged by a grand jury • The right not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law • The right to just compensation when the government takes your property • Miranda rights:

  9. History of the 5th Amendment • Created to make sure people who are arrested get fair treatment by law enforcement officers

  10. Court Case related to the 5th Amendment • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fong_Foo_v._United_States • Fong Foov. United States

  11. Amendment 6 – Rights of the Accused • Kaitie

  12. History of the 6th Amendment

  13. Court Case related to the 6th Amendment

  14. Amendment 8 – Cruel and Unusual Punishment • Taylor

  15. History of the 8th Amendment

  16. Court Case related to the 8th Amendment

  17. Amendment 18 - Prohibition • Lauren

  18. History of the 18th Amendment

  19. Court Case related to the 18th Amendment

  20. Amendment 21 – Repeal of Prohibition • Lauren

  21. History of the 21st Amendment

  22. Court Case related to the 21st Amendment

  23. Amendment 25 – Presidential Disabilities • James • If President is removed from office, resigns or dies, then the Vice President becomes President • If Office of Vice President is vacant, the President will nominate a Vice President who will take office upon confirmation by vote in both Houses of Congress

  24. History of the 25th Amendment • Brought into being after assassination of President Kennedy in 1963 • The nation did not know who would become the president if the current president died • Amendment was passed two years after Kennedy’s death on July 6th, 1965 • The second clause dealing with the filling of a vacancy in the Vice Presidency, was used when Gerald Ford assumed the Vice Presidency upon the resignation of Spiro Agnew

  25. Court Case related to the 25th Amendment

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