Ok, I know this is a really boring question, but I am new and trying to think. I just finished studying about amendments and my brain is dead. I am in my first year of law school.
So I visited www.amendment7.org and then thought of this "brilliant" question.
So which amendment is your favorite?
I like amendment 7 because of the fact that you can have a trial by jury (yes it can be good or bad) but it can be somewhat fair if handled correctly.
2007-09-09 09:46:56 · 7 answers · asked by jjfighter1 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The ninth amendment is, by far, my favorite.
It's like saying, "Yo, government, just because we didn't think to write it here, doesn't mean you can take it away from them . . . because -- we did think to write it here -- just not specifically."
If you can't find it in the constitution . . . where is it?
The IX amendment . . . .
and, about the guy with the privacy thing -- it actually IS in the constitution -- like the Supreme Court said, it's in the, "penumbra" -- the IX amendment assures us a right to privacy -- even though it wasn't directly written in.
2007-09-09 14:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like number 2 without the right to bear arms the rest of the constitution is merely a piece of paper. I'd liked to have a world without guns, but as long as the government likes to take rights from citizens the gun is a useful to combat this. Another benefit is that no foreign power will have an easy time invading the US.
2007-09-09 16:54:32 · answer #2 · answered by Jason 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say the First Amendment -- free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, right to assemble.
This seems obvious, but my reasons are not the obvious. Lots of countries pay lip service to freedom, but fall short when it comes to practicing it. In our country, the first amendment is truly the underlying law of our whole political system. It protects everyone, even those whose message is extremely unpopular. It protects flag-burners and it protects anti-abortionists. It protects Nazis and members of the NAACP. Often, we don't agree with the messages it protects. But we hold this protection to be so sacred, our courts will throw out any law that appears to limit it in any way.
That is not something you will find in most "free countries" across the globe! And it's something I think we should be extremely proud of!
2007-09-09 16:57:27 · answer #3 · answered by roberts1398 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You said the magic word "IF" handled correctly. I don't think this is an amendment, but I do like the right to privacy. I think that it was declared by the Supreme Court.
2007-09-09 17:02:23 · answer #4 · answered by Ray D dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tenth.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people.
If only we could enforce it.
2007-09-09 16:54:24 · answer #5 · answered by open4one 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 2ND, it's the only one that can make sure we are allowed to keep the rest.
2007-09-09 17:28:12 · answer #6 · answered by froghugger 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1st
2007-09-09 16:52:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋