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What would happen to the US if the first amendment to the bill of rights was taken away?
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∙ 10y ago
We could not express inner thoughts about life in general and would be suppressed by our government.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoanachy and a disaster. we would lose freedom of speech and freedom of press.
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∙ 6y agoWe wouldn't have a freedom of speech or religion. Two of the most important civil rights.
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∙ 13y agowe would have no freedom and no input
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∙ 11y agoRevolution
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What action taken by the british in 1774 led to amendment 3?
bill of rights
Who wrote the sixth amendment?
The entire Bill of Rights (First 10 Amendments) was drafted by James Madison but was taken in large part from the ideas of George Mason.
Which US city has seen so much crime that the citizens have taken to their second amendment rights?
ohio
Which amendment to the Constitution guarantees you?
first amendment,it staed the five basic rights that we all get like the right to assemble and relgion in lator years more amendments were ratifide too like the right to remane silent(5th amendment)
What gave individual citizens rights that cannot be taken away by the government?
The Bill of Rights, which was the first amendments to the constitution.
To which government is the fifth amendment due process rights applicable?
The fifth amendment applies to all levels of government. It gives all people in America basic legal rights, such as not having to testify against oneself and not being imprisoned or having a home taken away without trial.
What are the first ten amendments mostly about?
these are our rights which cannot be taken away
Why did they put restrictions on the Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights, as initially approved, provided protection mainly for the rights of people with respect to the federal government. At that time, it was considered appropriate for states and communities to determine certain freedoms and restrict others. For example, the First Amendment begins, "Congress shall make no law ..." The Tenth Amendment says that anything not specifically given as a power of the federal government is reserved for the states or the people. This restriction was to prevent a huge federal power-grab. The Fourteenth Amendment is not part of the Bill of Rights (it was added 75 years later) but has substantially changed how the courts and federal government view the Bill of Rights. This amendment says that none of the rights of the people may be taken away by any state -- in other words, the Bill of Rights now applies to state and local governments as well as to the federal government. This changes the interpretation of the First Amendment quoted above to something like, "Congress, and states and local governments, shall make no law ..."
What is it called when the fourteenth amendment is used to apply the bill of rights to states government?
The process of using the Fourteenth Amendment to apply the Bill of Rights to state governments is called "incorporation." The process the US Supreme Court has chosen to follow is called "selective incorporation," because the Bill of Rights is being applied to the states on Clause or Amendment at a time.More Information"Incorporation," occurs by way of a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. The 14th Amendment (among others) was ratified after the Civil War, and was intended to give constitutional muster to the reconstruction the American south. The "due process" clause of that Amendment provides that no person shall be denied due process of the laws of the United States. The Bill of Rights is among the laws of the United States.Seen from this point of view, it would make sense to argue that all of the first ten Amendments was "incorporated" to the states upon ratification of the 14th Amendment. In fact, Justices Black and Douglass repeatedly made this argument. But for various reasons, that is not the approach the majority of the Court has taken. Rather, the Court has taken a step-by-step approach to incorporating the Bill of Rights. Today, most of the rights are incorporated (e.g., the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments, and part of the Eighth Amendment). The Second Amendment was incorporated as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago, (2010); the Seventh Amendment remains unincorporated, and the Third Amendment only applies to states within one circuit.
The process of using the Fourteenth Amendment to apply the Bill of Rights to the states is called .?
incorporation
Does the babies father get rights if its taken from mother?
He has rights since he never lost them and would be first in line for custody
Can free rights be taken away by the government?
It should be self-evident from historical examples that the answer is yes. If you disagree, talk to any European Jew over 65. The US Constitution explicitly grants certain rights to the people, which cannot be taken away by an ordinary law. However, even these could be taken away by a constitutional amendment.
