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Sept. 14-22 is Constitution Week
The Constitution is 237 years old.
Our Constitution is Vital to a healthy Vermont and USA
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CELEBRATE AMERICA's FREEDOMS
KEEP THEM ALIVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
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Below are Messages of the Constitution Week Series
#1 - Constitution Week Series - The Preamble to the Constitution
WE the PEOPLE
Let us start with PRAYER. ACTION is needed after we talk to God.
A short responsive reading
Leader: God of all creation, we thank you for making this nation the home of the free and the brave.
Response: Thank you Lord, for our freedoms.
Leader: Thank you for giving wisdom to our forefathers to craft the Constitution that has guided our governing principles that originated in the Bible.
Response: Thank you, Lord, for your Word and wisdom.
Leader: Great Sovereign Lord, to you we pray for your ways to continue to serve as a beacon to guide us.
Response: Thank you, Lord, for your guidance in good times and in turbulence.
This is the 1st message being sent to encourage such activities be taken not only by our officials, but by church leaders and citizens as well.
This one focuses on the Preamble. Others will focus on Articles 1-7 and the Bill of Rights.
CELEBRATE AMERICA's FREEDOMS
KEEP THEM ALIVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
These principles have been etched into the fabric of America and are eroding. If you appreciate family values, free speech, gun rights and the right to assemble as you wish, help keep these rights alive.
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Click here for Dolly Parton's Color Me America to play while you read
Preamble:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The Preamble introduces the American Constitution. Its majestic words are the first words people see when they read the Constitution, and it is a common ritual that school children throughout the Nation memorize the Preamble when learning about the Nation’s Founding document. The Preamble itself imparts three central concepts to the reader: (1) the source of power to enact the Constitution (i.e., the People of the United States); (2) the broad ends to which the Constitution is ordain[ed] and establish[ed]; and (3) the authors’ intent for the Constitution to be a legal instrument of lasting Posterity. Yet, as discussed in more detail below, the Preamble’s origins and its continued relevance in constitutional law are unclear and, for many people, unknown.
The uncertainty surrounding the Preamble may be surprising, as the Constitution’s introduction would seem central to any debate over the document’s meaning. And, in fact, at least two of the Founding Fathers appeared to view the Preamble as an important feature of the document critical to the legal framework it established. James Monroe, as a delegate to the Virginia ratifying convention, referred to the Preamble as the Key of the Constitution, and Alexander Hamilton argued in the Federalist No. 84 that the existence of the Preamble obviated any need for a bill of rights. Nonetheless, the Preamble was not the subject of any extensive debate at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, having been added to the Constitution as an apparent afterthought during the final drafting process.
In the years following the Constitution’s enactment, the Supreme Court of the United States cited the Preamble in several important judicial decisions, but the legal weight of the Preamble was largely disclaimed. As Justice Joseph Story noted in his Commentaries, the Preamble never can be resorted to, to enlarge the powers confided to the general government, or any of its departments. The Supreme Court subsequently endorsed Justice Story’s view of the Preamble, holding in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that, while the Constitution’s introductory paragraph indicates the general purposes for which the people ordained and established the Constitution, it has never been regarded by the Court as the source of any substantive power conferred on the federal government.9 Nonetheless, while the Court has not viewed the Preamble as having any direct, substantive legal effect, the Court has referenced the broad precepts of the Constitution’s introduction to confirm and reinforce its interpretation of other provisions within the document. As such, while the Preamble does not have any specific legal status, Justice Story’s observation that the true office of the Preamble is to expound the nature, and extent, and application of the powers actually conferred by the Constitution appears to capture its import. More broadly, while the Preamble may have little significance in a court of law, the preface to the Constitution remains an important part of the Nation’s constitutional dialogue, inspiring and fostering broader understandings of the American system of government. In this vein, this essay considers the origins of the Preamble, exploring its historical roots and how it came to be a part of the Constitution, before discussing the legal and practical significance of the Constitution’s opening words in the time since the ratification.
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#2 - Constitution Articles 1-3 - Balance of Power - 3 Governing Bodies
This one we will let Yellow Rain, a rapper, take to the streets, the classroom, and the whiteboard to uniquely explain the checks and balances of the 3 branches of government set up in Articles 1-3 of our
Constitution.
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Article I assigns the responsibility for making laws to the Legislative Branch (Congress). Congress is divided into two parts, or “Houses,” the House of Representatives and the Senate. The bicameral Congress was a compromise between the large states, which wanted representation based on population, and the small ones, which wanted the states to have equal representation.
Article II details the Executive Branch and the offices of the President and Vice President. It lays down rules for electing the President (through the Electoral College), eligibility (must be a natural-born citizen at least 35 years old), and term length. The 12th and 25th Amendments modified some of these rules.
Article III establishes the Judicial Branch with the U.S. Supreme Court as the federal court system’s highest court. It specifies that Federal judges be appointed for life unless they commit a serious crime. This article is shorter than Articles I and II. The Federal Convention left much of the work of planning the court system to the First Congress. The 1789 Judiciary Act created the three-tiered court system in place today.
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Alternatively there are various forms of tyranny that Bill Federer aptly touches upon in the quick course of the governance of mankind. | |
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Nimrod, Gilgamesh, Urok, Sargon, Egyptian Pharaohs, Chinese Emperors, Nineveh, Nebachadnezar, Alexander the Great, Morocoan Empire, Augustus Cesar, Attilla the Hun, Justinian, Byzantine Empire, Muslim Empire, Charlamagne, Vikings, Gingas Khan, Cameron, Ivan the Terrible, Montezuma, Incan Empire, Spanish Empire, French Empire, British Commonwealth,
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GOD BLESS THE USA
Prayerfully thank God for the checks and balances on tyrannical powers embedded into our Constitution. Pray it will be strong enough to uphold the challenges of this hour and that we will become the people willing to pray, stand, uphold and teach these values to our children and their children and remind each other of their importance.
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#3 Woodie Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land - Constitutional Quiz - Articles 4-7 | |
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Listen to Woodie Guthrie - This Land is Your Land while you take the Constitutional Quiz and reflect on Articles 4-7 - click here
Constitutional Convention Quiz
1. He was the former commander of the Continental armed forces and the convention’s president.
George Washington Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton Anthony Wayne
2. This Virginia delegate is often called the Constitution’s father and he took lots of notes during the convention in Philadelphia.
Thomas Jefferson Samuel Adams James Madison James Monroe
3. This New York delegate helped to get the convention started in Philadelphia but had limited influence at it. He also was the first Secretary of the Treasury under President Washington and co-wrote The Federalist Papers.
Jonathan Dayton Aaron Burr Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton
4. The oldest delegate at the convention, this former printer also lived near the State House, where it was held.
Paul Revere Benjamin Franklin John Adams Thomas Mifflin
5. This Pennsylvania delegate is credited with writing the Preamble and giving the most speeches at the convention.
Aaron Burr Robert Morris Gouverneur Morris James Wilson
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Articles 4-7 of the Constitution
Article 4 – States, Citizenship, and New States
Section 1 - Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner.
Section 2 - The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.
Section 3 - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Section 4 - The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
Article 5 – the Amendment Process
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
Article 6 - Debts, Supremacy, Oaths, Religious Tests
All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
Article 7 - Ratification
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
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Answers to the Quiz above
1. Washington, 2. Madison, 3. Hamilton, 4. Franklin, 5. Morris
Constitutional values have been etched into the fabric of America and are eroding. If you appreciate family values, free speech, gun rights and the right to assemble as you wish, help keep these rights alive
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Who Wrote the Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. James Madison wrote the amendments as a solution to limit government power and protect individual liberties through the Constitution. For example, the Founders saw the ability to speak and worship freely as a natural right protected by the First Amendment. Congress is prohibited from making laws establishing religion or abridging freedom of speech. The Fourth Amendment safeguards citizens’ right to be free from unreasonable government intrusion in their homes through the requirement of a warrant.
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution because the Constitution lacked limits on government power. Federalists advocated for a strong national government. They believed the people and states automatically kept any powers not given to the federal government. Anti-Federalists wanted power to remain with state and local governments and favored a bill of rights to safeguard individual liberty.
Madison, then a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, altered the Constitution’s text where he thought appropriate. However, several representatives, led by Roger Sherman, objected, saying that Congress had no authority to change the wording of the Constitution. Therefore, Madison’s changes were presented as a list of amendments that would follow Article VII.
When was the Bill of Rights Ratified
The House approved 17 amendments. Of these, the Senate approved 12, which were sent to the states for approval in August 1789. Ten amendments were approved (or ratified). Virginia’s legislature was the final state legislature to ratify the amendments, approving them on December 15, 1791.
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TED - Ed A 3-minute guide to the Bill of Rights - Belinda Stutzman 2M Views
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QUESTIONS FOR VERMONT CANDIDATES TO ANSWER
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Check them out for their Constitutional backbone.
Below are questions suggested by a statewide Vermont publication for Candidates to answer to reveal their commitments to Constitutional Rights. For more click here
Housing
How should the Vermont Legislature alleviate the state’s housing crisis?
Do you support the ‘Housing First’ policy of providing housing for homeless people without requiring them to address the root causes of their homelessness?
Climate change policy
Do you support implementing the Clean Heat Standard now in development by state regulators?
Please explain how the carbon credit system created by the Clean Heat Standard works and how it will affect Vermonters.
Do you support Vermont banning all sales of non-EV cars by 2035, in compliance with California regulations?
Education
Please explain why you support:
- school vouchers and school choice so that “the money follows the child,” or
- The status quo in which revenue is assigned to school districts, or
- an alternative to public school funding.
Do you support Diversity/Equity/Inclusion public school instruction and state government policy based on Critical Race Theory? If not, what should take its place?
How can Vermont public schools improve student test scores?
Do you support Vermont continuing as a ‘sanctuary state’ prohibiting state and local law enforcement participation with federal authorities apprehending immigrants who entered the United States illegally?
Elections Drug crime Land conservation
Firearms restrictions Committee Assignments
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#5 - Star Spangled Banner, Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
WHITNEY HOUSTON -
The Star Spangled Banner
Listen to Whitney Houston - The Star Spangled Banner while you reflect on the story behind the Star Spangled Banner and the Bill of Rights - Click here
“The Star-Spangled Banner” is the national anthem of the United States. By the time the song officially became the country’s anthem in 1931, it had been one of America’s most popular patriotic tunes for more than a century.
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The anthem’s history began the morning of September 14, 1814, when an attorney and amateur poet named Francis Scott Key watched U.S. soldiers—who were under bombardment from British naval forces during the War of 1812—raise a large American flag over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland.
A Maryland-born attorney with a thriving practice in Washington, D.C., Francis Scott Key watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry from a ship anchored in Baltimore’s harbor.
Key had been helping to negotiate the release of an American civilian, Dr. William Beanes, who had been captured in an earlier battle. As a condition of the release, the British ordered the Americans not to return to shore during the attack on Baltimore.
Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangled Banner” and its initial verse on the back side of a letter while watching the large American flag waving over the fort that morning. Back in Baltimore, he continued working until he had completed four verses (only one of which is commonly known today).
After a local printer issued the song, originally called “Defense of Fort M’Henry,” two Baltimore newspapers printed it, and it spread quickly to various cities along the East Coast.
By November 1814, Key’s composition had appeared in print for the first time under the name “The Star-Spangled Banner.” For more click here
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1st Amendment
The First Amendment in the Bills of Rights says: '"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a regress of grievances."'
This amendment is a workhorse with many freedoms we appreciate that also affect many aspects of our day to day life. So, here is a peak at what if we didn’t have these freedoms…
“What If We Didn’t...?” —read more here.
In the months since Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, protesters have taken to the streets to march with signs and chant their frustration; Trump himself has lashed out at criticism, calling critical media the “fake news” and threatening broadcast licenses; and the nation’s most popular sport has been gripped by debate over players who “take a knee” to protest police brutality.
The limits of free speech have been tested by an increase in hate speech, as Trump’s rise has led to an outcrop of assembly of white nationalists and other far-right extremist groups. On the other side of the political spectrum, college students have sought to shut down hate speech on campuses, which in turn has drawn criticism and legal resistance from Republican lawmakers and free speech advocates.
Everywhere Americans look, the First Amendment is at the center of national conversations about the right way to live in America. Few tenets are as historically ingrained in American society as the First Amendment, but as the US struggles to find the limits and scope of its free speech, it’s worth considering: what would the country look like without the broad protections it provides? The possibilities may surprise you.
The First Amendment has been the backbone of American democracy throughout the country’s history. The law is unique around the world in how broad its protections are. It contains only certain narrow exceptions about speech in the US. In addition to exceptions like lying under oath, copyright infringement and the protections afforded by libel and defamation laws.
First ratified on Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights actually came about as a political compromise to quell the criticisms of Antifederalists, who railed against the U.S. Constitution and the massive power it gave to the federal government. Since then, the protections provided by the First Amendment have enabled such historic social developments as the Civil Rights and women’s suffrage movements.
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FIRST AMENDMENT -
FREE SPEECH, FREE PRESS,FREEDOM OF RELIGION,
RIGHT TO PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, RIGHT TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT
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Ragged Old Flag
Johnny Cash
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I walked through a county courthouse square
On a park bench, an old man was sitting there
I said "Your old court house is kind of run down", he said
"Naw, it'll do for our little town"
I said "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit"
And that's a ragged old flag you got hanging on it
He said "Have a seat", and I sat down
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"
I said "I think it is", he said
"I don't like to brag
But we're kind of proud of that ragged old flag
You see, we got a little hole in that flag there
When Washington took it across the Delaware
And it got powder burned the night that Francis Scott Key
Sat watching it writin' "Say Can You See"
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tugging at its seams
And It almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the Texas flag but
She waved on though
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard and Bragg
And the south wind blew hard on that ragged old flag
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On Flanders Field in World War I
She got a big hole from a Bertha Gun
She turned blood red in World War II
She hung limp, and low, a time or two
She was in Korea, Vietnam
She went where she was sent
By her Uncle Sam
She waved from our ships upon the briny foam
And now they've about quit waving back here at home
In her own good land here she's been abused
She's been burned, dishonored, denied and refused
And the government for which she stands
Is scandalized throughout out the land
And she's gettin' thread bare, and she's wearing thin
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in
'Cause she's been through the fire before
And I believe she can take a whole lot more"
So we raise her up every morning
We take her down every night
We don't let her touch the ground and we fold her up right
On second thought, I do like to brag
'Cause I'm mighty proud of that ragged old flag
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The Second Amendment: Right to Bear Arms
Firearms in the U.S. | History Channel 400 K Views- 4:23
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The text of the Second Amendment reads in full: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The framers of the Bill of Rights adapted the wording of the amendment from nearly identical clauses in some of the original 13 state constitutions.
During the Revolutionary War era, “militia” referred to groups of men who banded together to protect their communities, towns, colonies and eventually states, once the United States declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776.
Many people in America at the time believed governments used soldiers to oppress the people, and thought the federal government should only be allowed to raise armies (with full-time, paid soldiers) when facing foreign adversaries. For all other purposes, they believed, it should turn to part-time militias, or ordinary civilians using their own weapons.
Gun Control Debate
The Supreme Court’s narrow rulings in the Heller and McDonald cases left open many key issues in the gun control debate.
In the Heller decision, the Court suggested a list of “presumptively lawful” regulations, including bans on possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill; bans on carrying arms in schools and government buildings; restrictions on gun sales; bans on the concealed carrying of weapons; and generally bans on weapons “not typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes.”
Mass Shootings
Since that verdict, as lower courts battle back and forth on cases involving such restrictions, the public debate over Second Amendment rights and gun control remains very much open, even as mass shootings became an increasingly frequent occurrence in American life.
To take just three examples, the Columbine Shooting, where two teens killed 13 people at Columbine High School, prompted a national gun control debate. The Sandy Hook shooting of 20 children and six staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012 led President Barack Obama and many others to call for tighter background checks and a renewed ban on assault weapons.
And in 2017, the mass shooting at country music concert in Las Vegas in which 60 people died (to date the largest mass shooting in U.S. history, overtaking the 2016 attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida) inspired calls to restrict sales of “bump stocks,” attachments that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire faster.
On the other side of the ongoing debate of gun control measures are the NRA and other gun rights supporters, powerful and vocal groups that views such restrictions as an unacceptable violation of their Second Amendment rights.
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US Navy Field Band – My Country Tis of Thee
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History of the Pledge of Allegiance
Francis Bellamy was a Christian socialist and former Baptist minister. In 1892, while working for a magazine called “Youth’s
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Companion,” Bellamy was enlisted to write a new pledge Francis. Bellamy was a Christian socialist and former for use in patriotic celebrations surrounding the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World.
After puzzling over the project -he initially considered incorporating the French Revolution motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”—he penned an oath that read, “I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
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Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Fifth Amendment
In addition to the famous right to refuse to testify against oneself (or “plead the Fifth”), the Fifth Amendment establishes other key rights for defendants in criminal proceedings, including the need for formal accusation by a grand jury and the protection against double jeopardy, or being tried for the same crime twice. It also requires the federal government to pay just compensation for any private property it takes for public use. Most importantly, the Fifth Amendment guarantees that no one can face criminal punishment without receiving “due process of law,” a protection that the Supreme Court later extended under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
Sixth Amendment
The Sixth Amendment also deals with protecting the rights of people against possible violations by the criminal justice system. It ensures the right to a public trial by an impartial jury without a significant delay and gives defendants the right to hear the charges against them, call and cross-examine witnesses and retain a lawyer to defend them in court.
According to the modern interpretation of the amendment—shaped by Supreme Court cases such as Powell v. Alabama (1932), which involved the defendants known as the Scottsboro Boys—the state is required to provide effective legal representation for any defendant who cannot afford to employ a lawyer on their own.
Seventh Amendment
With the Seventh Amendment, Madison addressed two Anti-Federalist concerns: that the document failed to require jury trials for civil (non-criminal) cases, and that it gave the Supreme Court the power to overturn the factual findings of juries in lower courts. Considered one of the most straightforward amendments in the Bill or Rights, the Seventh Amendment extends the right to a jury trial to federal civil cases such as automobile accidents, property disputes, breach of contract, and discrimination lawsuits. It also prevents federal judges from overturning jury verdicts based on questions of fact, rather than law. Unlike nearly every other right in the Bill of Rights, the Supreme Court has not extended the right to civil jury trial to the states, although most states do guarantee this right.
Eighth Amendment
The Eighth Amendment continues the theme of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments by targeting potential abuses on the part of the criminal justice system. In banning the requirement of “excessive bail,” the imposition of “excessive fines,” and the infliction of “cruel and unusual punishment,” but leaving the exact interpretation of these terms unclear, it paved the way for future generations to battle over their meaning. In particular, differing opinions over what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishment” fuel the ongoing debate in the United States over capital punishment.
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Neil Diamond – America 7.3 M Views
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Amendment 9
- Other Rights Kept by the People
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment 10
- Undelegated Powers Kept by the States and the People
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Ninth Amendment
During the debate that produced the Bill of Rights, skeptics argued that by listing such fundamental rights in the Constitution, the framers would be implying that the rights they did not list did not exist. Madison sought to allay these fears with the Ninth Amendment. It ensures that even while certain rights are enumerated in the Constitution, people still retain other non-enumerated rights.
Legal scholars and courts have long debated the meaning of the Ninth Amendment, particularly whether or not it provides a foundation for such rights as privacy (as in the 1965 case Griswold v. Connecticut) or a woman’s right to an abortion (1973’s Roe v. Wade).
10th Amendment
As the final amendment in the Bill of Rights, the 10th Amendment originally aimed to reassure Anti-Federalists by further defining the balance of power between the national government and those of the individual states. According to the 10th Amendment, the federal government’s powers are limited to those expressly given to it by the Constitution, while all other powers are reserved for the states or the people. Over the generations, debate has continued over which powers fall into this latter category, and what limitations should be placed on the expanding powers of the federal government.
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|  | As we have highlighted the contents of Our Constitution and Bill of Rights this past week, today, we will encourage you to gather in your places of prayer. PRAY for the Constitution and our Rights to be upheld for the future. They are being trampled upon. | |
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And they are even KILLING US
Make plans to watch VAXXED III - FREE
Friday, Oct. 4
After crisscrossing the nation to gather interviews of America's Covid stories in this VAX - UNVAX bus
the stories are told.
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this film had it's premiere across the nation in all 50 states, Wed. Sept. 18. It was at the Roxy in Burlington.
It is being released FREE for all to see - Oct. 4
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God Bless America - by Irving Berlin - sung by Celine Deon
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Watch it at this link
A gripping and revealing true film exploring the life of General Michael Flynn, from his rise in the US Military, to the severe political persecution he faced exposing corruption as the National Security Advisor to President Trump.
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Children’s Health Defense embarked on a nine-month journey across America, gathering powerful testimonies from the people. Our interviews ranged from mothers and fathers to teenagers, families, medical professionals, whistleblowers, lawyers, and people from all walks of life.
What we discovered was nothing short of staggering. We listened to harrowing accounts of COVID hospital protocols that shook us to our very core. The consistency of these stories was alarming.
People also shared their experiences after taking the COVID-19 vaccine, revealing tragic outcomes of either death or serious injury.
Now, fueled by these powerful firsthand testimonies, we are creating a documentary by the people, for the people.
Learn what we uncovered on the road. You can’t afford to miss it.
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