Wednesday, March 3, 2010

From Articles I–VII of the US Constitution, what are five examples of violations of popular sovereignty, political equality, political liberty,...

Breaches of the 1st Amendment would include the following: 


  • The government adopting a national religion

  • The government forcing you to practice a religion 

  • The government preventing you from practicing your religion of choice, so long as no one is being injured and no laws are being violated

  • The government preventing you from speaking your mind, so long as it isn't endangering those around you

  • The government preventing you from peacefully assembling

Breaches of the 3rd Amendment would include the following: 


  • The government, through an act of Congress or Executive action, mandating that you must allow soldiers to occupy your residence and feed them

Breaches of the 4th Amendment would include the following:


  • The government (i.e. representatives of the government, police, etc.) taking your property or rummaging through your personal belongings without probable cause

  • The government (i.e. representatives of the government, police, etc.) detaining you for no reason

Breaches of the 5th Amendment would include the following:


  • The government making you give testimony that would hurt your own defense in a legal case

  • The government retrying you for a case where you've already been found innocent

  • The government taking your things without going through a legal process to do so

  • The government taking your things for public use without compensating you for the seizure

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