The seventh Amendment gives the right to jury trial in most civil cases and stops court from rejecting jury's findings of facts. In this video they discuss the importance of the seventh amendment. Henry Chambers brings up a great point saying how the government does not make all the decisions and that majority of fellow citizens make decisions so letting a jury decide on most cases is important. Peter Irons points out how compared to having a judge decide on a case jury will be more sympathetic towards the defendant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqjEcy0oLzg
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
6th Amendment
Monday, March 3, 2014
5th Amendment
The 5th amendment states protects people from incriminating themselves. This video reveals that using your 5th amendment rights could be used against you if you do not voice the that you are pleading the 5th.
4th Amendment
In this video it portrays the unreasonable search and seizure and how a citizen tried to use their fourth amendment and cop ignored. The fourth amendment protects people from unreasonable search and seizure and requires warrants and probable cause.
3rd Amendment
the 3rd Amendment is implied protection regarding privacy/property rights from government intrusion. Orny Adams discusses how he feels the 3rd amendment is unimportant and irrelevant to today. The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution is so important because it prevents the government from using your home to house military personnel without your consent. It helps to protect your privacy. Without this amendment, the government would be able to use your property for their purposes.
2nd Amendment
The second amendment states the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Over the past couple of years many incidents with shoot outs have raised the issue of whether or not people should still have this right. In this video the man argues for our constitutional right to bear arms. He feels that this is important because " he has also suffered his own tragedies and horrors,
there are many who've given their lives both literally (like his friends), and figuratively(like himself), to defend these rights. He believes they are important to law abiding people, so they can't be unraveled because the actions of the criminally insane few have taken lives. The rights of the living take precedence over grief for the dead. He believes that historically when we've made important decisions motivated by fear and grief rather than logic, it's resulted in horrible things.
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