Category: constitution

The constitutional protections afforded people accused of crimes

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Identify and discuss the constitutional protections afforded people accused of crimes. How did those protections evolve? Outline how these protections might be different, if at all, from other points in the past.

2) Relying on resources that you acquire from the APUS library, evaluate the effectiveness of those protections. Among these protections, which do you believe is the most important? Why?
3) How did conducting library research help you to reach this conclusion? Analyze how you applied critical thinking and legal analytical skills to assist you in this regard. What do you think you do well and what would you like to strengthen so that you continue to improve?
4) Do you think those accused of a crime are given too many rights? What other rights do you think those people accused of crimes should be given, if any? Why?

5) Collaborate with each other as the week goes on to make all aspects of this Discussion as robust as possible.

Article II of the Constitution

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Based on Article II of the Constitution, in order to become president, one must be a natural-born citizen, 35 years of age, and a resident of the United States for 14 years. The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, limits the number of terms a president can be elected to office to two terms. Overall, these requirements are usually seen as being quite minimal. Respond to the following questions:

Do you believe these requirements are still relevant today?
Are there any qualifications that you feel should be added?
Explain your answers.

Principles of the American Constitution.

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1. Mention and explain the six principles of the American Constitution.
2. In your own words, how does it manifest popular sovereignty, checks and balances, and federalism today? Mention an example of each one.
3. Who are the leaders of the executive, legislative and judicial branches now?
4. Mention and explain the ten amendments of the Bill of Rights.
5. Which of the amendments is more important for you? Explain your answer.
6. Why is it essential for the countries to have a constitution?

Information about the United States Constitution.

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  1. Create a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation with 13 slides, providing information about the United States Constitution. to educate a group of students or adults about the core tenets listed below for an upcoming Constitution Day celebration in a school setting.
  2. Your selected grade level is 9th grade. You must choose between teachers, or parents as your audience. Please specify your intended audience and include other pertinent information within the speaker notes. Your presentation should be engaging and appropriate for your chosen audience.
  3. Include speaker notes below each content-related slide that represent what would be said if giving the presentation in person. Expand upon the information included in the slide and do not simply restate it. Please ensure the speaker notes include a minimum of 50-100 words in your speaker notes per slide.

The Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment establishes a constitutional right

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In 2015, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution’s Fourteenth
Amendment establishes a constitutional right to marriage for gay Americans. The ruling
reflected a remarkably rapid shift in public opinion regarding gay marriage in the
previous few years. Writing by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the majority opinion included a
powerful exposition on the meaning of freedom in the early twenty-first century
Text of the Fourteenth Amendment excerpt Section 1,
1789, rev. 1992
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State
shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws. Watch this video to do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWSvCNBZxY
Questions:

  1. Given your understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment from the beginning
    of our class (equal protection under the law), Justice Kennedy argued that
    this was in fact covered after years of conflict over this issue. Given what has
    happened with Roe in June of 2022, can you see Constitutional protection of
    same-sex marriage being removed by the Supreme Court? Why or why not?
  2. What do you think are some of the essential rights that same-sex couples did
    not have access to prior to this Supreme Court decision? What are some that
    you have seen in the original conflict with Obergefell in the video?
  3. Given the text of the due process clause in Section 1, is there a way this
    could be interpreted to be a state by state case (meaning up to the states to
    individually decide)? How did they argue this was a nation wide interpretation
    of this ruling?