Bill Of Rights Research Paper

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The Bill of Rights was made to grant a number of personal freedoms to American citizens. To limit the government’s power in judicial government, and reserve some powers to the public and the states. Originally the Amendments were to only be applied to the federal government, but after the 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868, it was applied to the government of each state. There are 3 Amendments of the Bill of Rights that I believe to be the most crucial to U.S. society today, the 1st Amendment, the 4th Amendment, and the 13th Amendment. In the next paragraphs I will explain why these amendments are the most pivotal to U.S. society today. The 1st Amendment is important because it sets out five basic liberties. The freedom of religion …show more content…

society today is the 4th Amendment. The 4th Amendment restricts police officers from searching or seizing evidence or persons unless they have a warrant that was obtained with probable cause. For those who don’t know what it is an instrument, issued by a magistrate, authorizing an officer to make an arrest, seize property, make a search, or carry a judgment into execution. Provided it allows the police to not have so much power. We need to be able to feel safe in our own homes. Have our privacy and no one should be allowed to barge into a house just because they think they have the authority. If the person who’s home is being barged into is being investigated by the police the officers shouldn’t be able to just go in and out of the their house at whim. They shouldn’t be allowed to just take anything they find that “incriminates” that person as evidence because it could have been planted by the officer. Furthermore, there should be a court order allowing the officer to go into the house because the evidence collected without the warrant isn’t viable. The police have been known to take the power they are given by the government too far and the 4th Amendment allows American citizens at least some type of protection from the government in our own …show more content…

I think one of the most important ones there is actually. This amendment forbids slavery in the U.S. and in any area under its control. Signifying that no one shall be forced to work for another, except as a punishment for a crime, but some mandatory service is not prohibited. For example, you can be placed on jury duty, but it goes too far when you are forced into the armed forces. This amendment is the most important because it banned slavery in all American states. The Emancipation proclamation, although frequently credited with abolishing slavery, only made it illegal in the “rebelling” states- so essentially within the Confederacy. States that were fighting for the Union who had slavery systems, Maryland, West Virginia, East Tennessee, were not required to free their slaves. The 13th Amendment addressed this issue and formally outlawed slavery in the U.S. and its

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