Category: Amendment

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution abolished slavery in the year 1865. Part of the amendment has become quite infamous in my opinion. The documentary dives deep into the clause that states Either slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist…

The 28th amendment should be that Congress shall put term limit of ten years on United State Supreme Court justices after which they would retire. An appointment for life results in hesitation from justices to take risks, violation of our countrys democratic ideology, prejudice in judge nomination, and inordinate length of powerful influence. According to…

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution (Abraham Lincoln). This powerful quote by Lincoln really illustrates that our Constitution is something that is very important to the citizens of the US, and no one can…

We have our constitution which we also call as the highest authority of the land in India. It was proclaimed on 26 November 1949 and adopted on 26 January 1950. The Law should be a diverse document. It should be able to adapt itself to the dynamic desires of society. Generally below the influence of…

The Bill of Rights was included in the Constitution to keep the government in line, to ensure we always have our right to life, liberty, and property. The Eighth Amendment in the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in December of 1791. This amendment ensures that when found punishable for a crime, the…

Someone’s Fourth Amendment right ensures that citizens are driven into improper search and seizure and are not searched without possible causes. In the wake of 9/11, the government overcame the American Patriot Act, which caused controversy over civil liberties. The law passed several provisions before it was finalized in 2015. Later, the US Freedom Law…

At present, approximately all the 25 federal countries in the world, together represent 40% of the total world’s population. America and India are two of the most significant countries in the world which were the worlds oldest democracy formerly and now counted as the worlds largest democracy. Both states are called federal republic in the…

The Right to Privacy: The Issues of Number One and Two The argument that bathrooms should not be gender inclusive is a relatively new one, as for much of American history, public restrooms, where multiple people have occupied a single space, were not the societal norm. The first law separating bathrooms by the sexes came…

Eighth Amendment: When Is It Too Much? The Eighth Amendment of the American Constitution was passed in 1791, prohibiting disproportionate amounts of bail and fines, and also abolishing cruel and unusual punishment as used of deterring crime. It took inspiration from the English Bill of Rights, which is why the Eighth Amendment is almost word…

A constitution is the supreme norm that bases everything in the legal system of a country. This is what makes us like citizens with rights and duties. The constitution is the laws that should govern the people of a society, because if they did not exist people would do what they wanted. The constitution provides…