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delegates convened in philadelphia
In the summer of 1787, delegates from the 13 states convened in Philadelphia and drafted a remarkable blueprint for self-government -
bill of rights ratified
ratified on December 15, 1791, thus becoming a part of the Constitution. -
first amendment
On the 5th of May, 1863, Vallandigham, a resident of the State of Ohio, and a citizen of the United States, was arrested at his residence and taken to Cincinnati, and there imprisoned and was charge of having expressed sympathies for those in arms against the Government of the United States -
8th amendment
On Tuesday, a Texas appeals court lowered the bail to $450,000, or $150,000 for each of three felony counts he faces in connection with the death of his elderly Galveston neighbor in September 2001. Although the New York real estate heir was acquitted last year of murdering 71-year-old Morris Black, he has been in custody since February 2004 on one charge of bond jumping and two of tampering with evidence -
second amendment
In March 2008, both parties in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller presented their initial arguments before the Supreme Court. The case, which explores the issue of whether local gun restrictions violate the Second Amendment to the Constitution, has generated great interest all over the country, as cities like New York and Philadelphia, as well as entire states, have previously drafted laws that limit gun ownership in the hopes of reducing crime rates -
7th amendment
In 2009, Entin filed a claim asserting that migraine headaches had rendered him totally disabled. Entin’s insurer, respondent Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, agreed to pay Entin benefits while investigating his claim. Allen Entin acquired a disability income insurance policy that provided benefits of $20,000 per month in the event that he became totally disabled and an “overhead expense disability policy” that provided benefits up to $360,000 in the event that he became totally di -
6th amendment
Manning was arrested on May 26, 2010 and has been under U.S. military detainment ever sincewas arrested for the leak of around 250,000 private documents concerning operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to the website WikiLeaks -
4th amendment
traffic stop conducted by a Nebraska police officer who happened to have his K-9 dog in the cruiser with him. When the stopped driver, Dennys Rodriguez, refused to consent to letting the drug dog walk around the outside of his vehicle, the Nebraska officer called for back-up, thereby prolonging the stop by an additional eight minutes -
10th amendment
President Obama requested a $48.8 billion budget for the Department of Education, and an additional $28.6 for Pell Grants (both increases from previous years) in his first 2012 budget. Despite all the spending for education, test scores do not improve. Because of this failure of the department, and its inherent unconstitutionality, it should be devolved back to the states -
3rd amendment
a Nevada family claimed that local police had violated the Amendment by forcibly occupying their home in order to gain a “tactical advantage” against suspected criminals in the neighboring house -
5th amendment
Gathon Shannon, 48, of Houston, described by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as a courier in a Texas-to-Beaver County cocaine ring, was convicted by a federal jury