Welcome to School. Please Check Your Constitutional Rights at the Door

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Welcome to School. Please Check Your Constitutional Rights at the Door

 http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,43235,00.html#ixzz0zSNDGaYD

Constitutional Connection:

Amendment IV "Interdiction of unreasonable searches and seizures; a search warrant is required to search a persons or property."

Explaination of Connections:

           All students in school have the right to not be searched for things like drugs at school.  At a school district in Lockney, Texas, the students are required to be tested for drugs.  If you refuse to take the test, you get an automatic 3-day in-school suspension.  Even though students may need a drug test for sports, forcing all the students in the whole district is pushing the actual limits Supreme Court said, which was that athletes were needed to have a drug test, in some situations.

          This article clearly demonstrates Amendment IV of the United States Constitution.  In high school, college, and professional sports leagues, you are most likely required to have a drug test.  For all students in a whole school district to have a drug test is absurd.  This violates the Fourth Amendment, which protects your rights to an unlawful search of yourself and your property without a warrant.  Locker searches were also included with the drug tests, which is invasion of property.

           I think that this rule is outrageous and useless.  If the student is doing drugs, that is their personal problem and not the school to deal too much with.  That doesn't always mean that the student will bring the drugs too school and deal them.  I think this school district should be sued for violation of the Fourth Amendment.  Hopefully, this idea won't spread to other school districts.

         

State Sovereignty Movement Quietly Growing (Amendement X)

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State Sovereignty Movement Quietly Growing, February 9, 2009.
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/02/09/state-sovereignty-movement-quietly-growing/

Constitutional Connection:

Amendment X, "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."

Explaination of Connection:

          Federalist, James Madison, brought up this law to states will not have an uprising and become sovereign.  The state and federal government are suppose to work hand in hand, and not let states take over.  Some state sovereignty bills have been passed in several states, like Missouri and Hawaii.  Those bills have been on things like abortion or native tribal rights.   Many politicians think that the federal government has had too much power lately so they are trying to tip the scale back where it is suppose to be. This article clearly demonstrates Amendment V of the United States Constitution.

Judge rules Chicago principle removed from Julian high School should be re-installed (Amendement V)

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Judge rules Chicago principle removed from Julian high School should be re-installed. October 25, 2010.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7745293

Constitutional Connection:

Amendment V, "Details the concepts of indictments, due process, self-incrimination, double jeopardy, rules for eminent domain"

Explaination of Connection:

          The government is suppose to give you due process in all trials.  In this case, a principle was dismissed from being a principle at Julian high School for not focusing on the education of the children and maintaining a safe learning environment.  This year, she has been admitted to go back to her school because Ron Huberman soon found out that she was not granted due process before  she was dismissed from being principle at Julian High school.
          This article clearly demonstrates Amendment V of the United States Constitution.  All government trials in the US are suppose to allow all people due process.  This is the fairness of law and legal proceedings.  The Constitution  states that the "basic rights of land, life, and liberty" cannot be taken away by the government.
          I believe that it was very wrong to fire her from her position as a principle for a year without giving her the basic rights.  She has been out of work for a whole year and that is very unfair.

Gun Control

Source:  Gun Control. June 28, 2010.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/gun_control/index.html?scp=1&sq=right%20to%20bear%20arms&st=cse

Constitutional Connection:  Amendment 2 "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."

Explaination of Connection: 

          In every situation, the judges ruled having a gun at home for safety is constitutional.  Barack Obama, in May of 2009, signed a law that allows you to carry a loaded, concealed gun in national parks.  Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country.  I could guess it is because the violence in Chicago has been ghastly.
          This article clearly demonstrates Amenment 2 In the Bill of rights of the United States Constiution.  This article means that the people of the United States have the right to own a gun for safety.  In all areas, you are not allowed to carry it out, but you are able to have one at home for safety at least.  The Congress has the right to force background checks on people buying guns, but not to completely ban people from owning a gun.
          The tensions got highers for gun control after the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin L. King in 1968. I could just imagine what Chicago would be like if people weren't allowed to own a gun.  It would be so much safer.  Too bad that probably wont happen.  I'm glad that background checks are required for the purchase of a gun so they won't give a gun to a crazy serial killer.  I just wish that gun laws in chicago would get a little stricter!  In conclusion, I beleive that the American people should be allowed to own a handgun at home.

Iowa Republican claims Obama really is a Muslim

Source:  Iowa Republican claims Obama really is a Muslim. August 23, 2010.
 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/08/iowa-republican-obama-really-is-a-muslim/1

Constitutional Connections:  Amendment l "Freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition."

Explaination of Connection: 

          Even thought President, Barack Obama, claimed several times he is a Christian, many people still think that he is a Muslim.  One of those people is Republican Kim Lehman of Iowa.  She thinks that he is a Muslim from his address to the Muslim world in Cairo.  She said, "Just had the appearance that he was aligning himself with the Muslims."
          This article clearly demonstrates freedom of speech in Amendment l of the Bill of rights of the United States Constitution.  The President of the United States can be any religion he wants to be, no matter what others have to say about it.  It's not like he could be impeached for being a religion that the people don't accept.
          People like Kim Lehman are only making a big deal of this because of the proposed building of the mosque  two blocks away from the Twin Towers.  No matter what religion he was, or if he were Atheist, he would be practicting Amendment l, the freedom of religion.  I dont see why people care beause allowing the mosque to be built two blocks away from the Twin Towers would be right according to Amendment l, but to some people, it may be morally wrong.
       

GOP House Leaders All Against Mosque

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GOP House Leaders All Against Mosque. August 18, 2010.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41209.html

Constitutional Connection:  

Article V, Amendment l

"Freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition."

Explaination of Connection:

          Many politicians like Republican Mike Pence, a representative of Indiana, feels that it "not appropriate" for an Islamic community center and mosque to be built two blocks away from where the Twin Towers fell. He also said that it wouldn't be right for a Japanese history museum to be built on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor so in this case, it also wouldn't be appropriate to build the mosque and community center near ground zero. President Barack Obama continues to say that the First Amendment states the freedom of religion, but he later clarified his remarks

          This article clearly demonstrates Amendment l of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. The President has the right to allow this to happen because allowing anyone worship any faith virtually anywhere in the United States. When people say that the mosque should't be built, they are basically challenging the Unites States Constitution. Even though these freedoms are stated in the Constitution, they are either limited or broken at times.

          To me, I feel that the mosque should be built. I say that because its not like that the Muslims will walk down the street and bomb the Twin Towers again. I'm sure that if and when the mosque is built, there will be more security in that area just because there are Muslims near ground zero, but thats another story.