On Sept. 21, FDR came before Congress to request amendments to a series of neutrality acts so that the United States could send aid to allies in Europe on the verge of a second World War and in opposition of the Nazi regime. FDR likened not amending these acts to passively aiding an ag...
while a questionable treaty can be ratified. At that time, you will officially have a legally binding contract to fulfill the obligations arising from the promise to purchase or conditional offer to purchase. A ratified treaty is a term often used in real estate transactions....
Since theBill of Rightswas adopted in 1791, Congress has passed just 23 additional amendments to the Constitution, and the states have ratified only 17 of them. Beyond that, many changes in the American political and legal system have come through judicial interpretation of existing laws, rather...
Supreme Court on the grounds that his First and 14th Amendments rights were being violated. The court upheld the law in a unanimous 9-0 decision, definitively ruling that child pornography is an exception to the First Amendment. [Pictured: The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington D.C....
were the primary way for people to communicate via the written word.Treaties were signed. Amendments were ratified. Novels were penned. Fathers wrote to their sons who were away at college. Soldiers on the front lines of battle wrote to their fiancées, pulling a fountain pen out of ...
Most people assume the federal government can do anything it isn’t plainly forbidden to do. The Ninth and Tenth Amendments were adopted to make the principle of the Constitution as clear as possible. Hamilton, you know, argued against adding a Bill of Rights, on grounds that it would be ...
On Sept. 21, FDR came before Congress to request amendments to a series of neutrality acts so that the United States could send aid to allies in Europe on the verge of a second World War and in opposition of the Nazi regime. FDR likened not amending these acts to passively aiding an ag...
"You just pass alaw that says anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, allsitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) tookonly 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The peopledemanded...
Amendments may be introduced to address circumstances and events that were not foreseen when a piece of legislation was initially signed into law. The most familiar example of this process is, of course, the U.S. Constitution, which has been amended 27 times since it was ratified in 1788. T...
Understanding the First Amendment The First Amendment is the first of the original 10 amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution which were designed to protect a number of fundamental rights for Americans. It reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an est...